Who benefits from financial development? New methods, new evidence

European Economic Review

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-67

  Henderson, Daniel J ^a   Papageorgiou, Chris ^b   Parmeter, Christopher F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Financial development; Heterogeneity; Nonlinearities; Nonparametric regression

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NONLINEARITY; POLICY REFORM;

EID: 84880672926     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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