Is more finance better? Disentangling intermediation and size effects of financial systems

Journal of Financial Stability

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-64

  Beck, Thorsten ^a   Degryse, Hans ^a   Kneer, Christiane ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finance growth nexus; Financial intermediation; Financial sector size; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895910546     PISSN: 15723089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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