Abstract
We explore dynamic linkages between financial/banking sector openness, financial sector competition, and growth. We first develop an analytical model, highlighting links between long-run economic performance and services trade, through scale economies and market and cost structures in the financial services sector. This is folIowed by an econometric exercise based on data for 130 countries for the 1990s. Our resu1ts point to a strong positive relationship between financia1 sector competition/performance and financia1 sector openness (meaning foreign bank access to domestic markets), and between growth and financial sector competition/performance. They also point to the presence of sca1e economies in the sector.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Tinbergen Institute |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Fields of science
- 405002 Agricultural economics
- 502 Economics
- 502001 Labour market policy
- 502002 Labour economics
- 502003 Foreign trade
- 502009 Corporate finance
- 502010 Public finance
- 502012 Industrial management
- 502013 Industrial economics
- 502018 Macroeconomics
- 502020 Market research
- 502021 Microeconomics
- 502025 Econometrics
- 502027 Political economy
- 502039 Structural policy
- 502042 Environmental economics
- 502046 Economic policy
- 502047 Economic theory
- 504014 Gender studies
- 506004 European integration
- 507016 Regional economy
- 303010 Health economics
