Contribution of financial market segments at different stages of development: Transition, cohesion and mature economies compared

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-455

  Fink, Gerhard ^a   Haiss, Peter ^a,c   Vukšić, Goran ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b Institute of Public Finance Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c Bank Austria ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

EU accession countries; Finance growth; Financial sectors; Production function

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449104268     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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