Non-linear growth effects of financial development: Does financial integration matter?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-313

  Masten, Arjana Brezigar ^a   Coricelli, Fabrizio ^b,c,d   Masten, Igor ^e  

^a Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development   (Slovenia)

^b EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Euro adoption; Financial development; Financial integration; Threshold effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649096558     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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