Finance and growth in Africa: The broken link

被引:37
作者
Demetriades, Panicos O. [2 ]
James, Gregory A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Loughborough, Sch Business & Econ, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England
[2] Univ Leicester, Dept Econ, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
关键词
Panel cointegration; Cross-sectional dependence; African financial under-development; ERROR-CORRECTION; UNIT ROOTS; PANEL; TESTS;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.007
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
While bank liabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa are found to follow (but not lead) economic growth, the link between bank credit and growth is altogether absent. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:263 / 265
页数:3
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