Financial development and economic growth: Empirical evidence from six MENA countries

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 803-817

  Abu Bader, Suleiman ^a   Abu Qarn, Aamer S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC REFORM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA;

EID: 55249093887     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2008.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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