Financial intermediation and growth: Causality and causes

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-77

  Levine, Ross ^a   Loayza, Norman ^b   Beck, Thorsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Financial development; G28; Legal system; O16; O40

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003093394     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(00)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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