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The banking sector, economic growth and European integration

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  • Cândida Ferreira

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Purpose - This paper seeks to contribute to the study of the link between financial intermediation and economic growth in the context of the European Union and particularly in the context of the integration of new member‐states. Design/methodology/approach - Panel fixed and dynamic Arellano‐Bond estimates (with balanced panels) were used to explain and compare the influence of financial intermediation with the real per‐capita GDP growth in two sub‐sets of EU countries: the first one takes into account the availability of quarterly data and comprises 11 “old” EU countries, excluding Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden, for the period between Q2 1980 and Q4 1998; the second panel includes 24 EU countries (excluding only Luxembourg) for the period between Q2 1999 and Q4 2002. The existing empirical evidence was enhanced by introducing some financial variables to explain the real per‐capita GDP growth, namely, the real domestic credit growth, the real foreign liabilities growth, the real growth of the sum of the bonds and money market instruments, in addition to two ratios: bank assets/bank liabilities and domestic credit/bank deposits. Findings - The results obtained confirm the importance of these variables to the real per‐capita GDP growth and allow one to draw conclusions on some differences in the behaviour and the level of integration of the two groups of EU countries. There is a relatively more homogeneous behaviour in the first panel, while the results for the second panel indicate that, in spite of the relative heterogeneity and the differences in their historical evolution, all the countries have had to adapt rapidly to the increasing competition and to the new EU market conditions. Originality/value - The paper confirms the influence of financial systems on output growth, as well as the efforts of financial institutions to adapt to the new conditions of the European and global markets in spite of all the differences in the historical evolution and initial conditions among EU member‐states.

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  • Cândida Ferreira, 2008. "The banking sector, economic growth and European integration," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 35(6), pages 512-527, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jespps:v:35:y:2008:i:6:p:512-527
    DOI: 10.1108/01443580810916532
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    1. Cândida Ferreira, 2015. "The relevance of the EU banking sector to economic growth and the recent financial crisis," Working Papers Department of Economics 2015/02, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
    2. Ovidiu Stoica & Otilia-Roxana Oprea & Ionel Bostan & Carmen Sandu Toderașcu & Cristina Mihaela Lazăr, 2020. "European Banking Integration and Sustainable Economic Growth," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-19, February.
    3. Festic, Mejra & Kavkler, Alenka & Repina, Sebastijan, 2011. "The macroeconomic sources of systemic risk in the banking sectors of five new EU member states," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 310-322, February.
    4. Mejra Festić, 2015. "The Stability of the Credit Supply in the Globalized Banking Sector Environment: The Case of the EU New Member States-10," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2015(4), pages 386-398.
    5. Ferreira, Candida, 2018. "Financial Crisis, Banking Sector Performance and Economic Growth in the European Union," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 71(3), pages 257-288.
    6. Cândida Ferreira, 2009. "The Credit Channel Transmission of Monetary Policy in the European Union," Working Papers Department of Economics 2009/08, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
    7. Cândida Ferreira, 2009. "European Integration and the Credit Channel Transmission of Monetary Policy," Working Papers Department of Economics 2009/07, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
    8. Cândida Ferreira, 2009. "The European Credit Market and Institutions," Working Papers Department of Economics 2009/26, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
    9. Festic, Mejra & Kavkler, Alenka, 2012. "The Roots of the Banking Crisis in the New EU Member States: A Panel Regression Approach," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(1), pages 20-40, March.
    10. Kamran Khan & Israr Ahmed, 2015. "Impact of Stock Prices on Macroeconomic Variables: Evidence from Pakistan," KASBIT Business Journals (KBJ), Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Institute of Technology (KASBIT), vol. 8(1), pages 42-59, May.
    11. Ganić Mehmed, 2014. "An Empirical Study on Liquidity risk and its determinants in Bosnia and Herzegovina," Romanian Economic Journal, Department of International Business and Economics from the Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, vol. 17(52), pages 157-183, June.

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