Financial development and economic growth: Recent evidence from China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-412

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Wang, Lanfang ^b   Wang, Susheng ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Emerging market; Financial development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864123206     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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