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Financial deepening and economic growth in developing economics

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Granger-causality tests on data for 22 Asian, Latin American and Caribbean developing economies suggest that financial deepening does not make much difference to economic growth: for eight countries no lead-lag relationship was detected and in six more economic growth led financial deepening.

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  • John Thornton, 1996. "Financial deepening and economic growth in developing economics," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(4), pages 243-246.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:3:y:1996:i:4:p:243-246
    DOI: 10.1080/758520872
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