Impact of Stock Market Development on Economic Growth in BRICSGodfrey Osaseri and Ifuero Osad Osamwonyi International Journal of Financial Research, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 23-30 Abstract: The study examines Stock Market development and economic growth in BRICS, Quarterly time series data for the period 1994QI to 2015Q4 were sourced from World Bank Indicator. The Panel Least Squares based on the fixed effect estimation was employed to determine how stock market development impacts on the economic growth of BRICS. Diagnostics tests were conducted to ascertain the robustness and stability of the regression results. The findings reveal that stock market development exerts significant impact on the economic growth. The study revealed that there is a positive correlation between stock market development indicators and BRICS¡¯s economic growth. The study recommends that the weakness of each of the BRICS member country should be taken as policy focus and strategies necessary to strengthen them should be swiftly applied by the governments. Keywords: stock market; real gross domestic product; market capitalization; inflation rate (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jfr:ijfr11:v:10:y:2019:i:1:p:23-30 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Financial Research is currently edited by Gina Perry More articles in International Journal of Financial Research from International Journal of Financial Research, Sciedu Press |
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