Does Financial Development 'Lead' Economic Growth?

Jordan Shan and Alan Morris

International Review of Applied Economics, 2002, vol. 16, issue 2, 153-168

Abstract: We use the Toda & Yamamoto (1995) causality testing procedure to investigate the relationship, if any, between financial development and economic growth.We use quarterly data from 19 OECD countries and China, and use total credit and interest spread as indicators of financial development. We also consider the impact of financial development on investment and productivity. We find meagre evidence that financial development 'leads' economic growth, either directly or indirectly. This casts further doubt on claims that financial development is a necessary and perhaps sufficient precursor to economic growth.

Date: 2002
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