Finance and growth in a bank-based economy: Is it quantity or quality that matters?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1529-1545

  Koetter, Michael ^a,b   Wedow, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Financial development; Intermediation quality; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149468120     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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