The impact of financial development and trade on environmental quality in Iran
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1266-x
Abstract: Undesirable changes in the environment such as global warming and emissions of greenhouse gases have elicited worldwide attention in recent decades. Environmental problems emanating from economic activities targeted at achieving higher economic growth rate have… read more here.
Keywords: environmental quality; development trade; financial development; development ... See more keywords
Remittances and output growth volatility in developing countries: Does financial development dampen or magnify the effects?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1375-6
Abstract: The paper empirically investigated the relationship between remittance flows and output growth volatility for an extensive sample predominated by emerging and developing countries. Following this broad treatment, it goes further to estimate the extent to… read more here.
Keywords: financial development; output growth; growth volatility; volatility ... See more keywords
Remittances and financial development in transition economies
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-019-01642-3
Abstract: Because of their sheer size and remarkable growth in recent years, remittances to developing and transition economies have attracted the attention of policy-makers and scholars. One region in which remittances have been growing and having… read more here.
Keywords: transition economies; financial development; region; remittances financial ... See more keywords
Do banking sector and stock market development matter for economic growth?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-019-01692-7
Abstract: Financial development as a concept is multifaceted with no clear measurement or definition. Inference via individual proxies may result in an incomplete understanding of the relationship between financial development and economic growth, since sole proxies… read more here.
Keywords: growth; financial development; development; banking sector ... See more keywords
Financial depth and electricity consumption in Africa: Does education matter?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-020-01924-1
Abstract: This article estimates the effect of financial development on electricity consumption for economies with above and below mean human capital index in 45 African countries. The study applied the simultaneous system GMM estimator (adjusted for… read more here.
Keywords: electricity; electricity consumption; human capital; financial development ... See more keywords
Fragmentation and financial development in Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: the case of diversity debit versus diversity dividend theses
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DOI: 10.1007/s10644-019-09245-9
Abstract: While the development impacts of finance have been extensively documented in the empirical growth and financial development literatures on the one hand, the list of drivers of financial development is undoubtedly expansive to accommodating some… read more here.
Keywords: diversity dividend; financial development; development; diversity debit ... See more keywords
Can green financial development promote regional ecological efficiency? A case study of China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-018-3502-x
Abstract: This paper aims to objectively identify the impact of green finance on the green economy of China, and then put forward some suggestions that good for the government to guide the development of green finance,… read more here.
Keywords: financial development; finance; green financial; ecological efficiency ... See more keywords
Financial Development and the Effects of Capital Controls
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DOI: 10.1007/s11079-018-09521-7
Abstract: This paper examines how the 1990s capital account liberalization policy trend affected international capital flows, and tests a new hypothesis that the depth and efficiency of the domestic financial system impacts the efficacy of capital… read more here.
Keywords: policy; capital; financial development; capital account ... See more keywords
Financial development and the geographies of startup cities: evidence from China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-017-9983-2
Abstract: It has been widely observed that financial support is the key to entrepreneurial activities. The last decade has witnessed tremendous growth of startups and financial markets in China. Despite “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” becoming a… read more here.
Keywords: startup cities; entrepreneurial activities; financial development; geographies startup ... See more keywords
Financial Development, Institutional Quality and Poverty Reduction: Worldwide Evidence
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-018-1836-0
Abstract: This paper tests the relationship between financial development, quality of institutions and poverty. To this end, we reviewed the literature and selected indicators of poverty, financial development and quality of institutions. Empirically, we used the… read more here.
Keywords: financial development; development; quality poverty; quality institutions ... See more keywords
Testing the EKC hypothesis by considering trade openness, urbanization, and financial development: the case of Turkey
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9317-6
Abstract: This study investigates the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for the case of Turkey from 1960 to 2013 by considering energy consumption, trade, urbanization, and financial development variables. Although previous literature examines various aspects of… read more here.
Keywords: financial development; urbanization financial; case turkey; ekc hypothesis ... See more keywords