Financial markets, development and economic growth: Tales of informational asymmetries

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-292

  Capasso, Salvatore ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit markets; Economic growth; Information asymmetries; Stock markets

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL MARKET; MARKET DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 3543009945     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0950-0804.2004.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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