Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.

This paper examines the impact of trade openness and capital flows on financial development in developing countries using a dynamic panel GMM estimation technique. The empirical results reveal that trade openness and capital flows are statistically significant determinants of financial development....

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Main Author: Siong, Hook Law
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2009
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description This paper examines the impact of trade openness and capital flows on financial development in developing countries using a dynamic panel GMM estimation technique. The empirical results reveal that trade openness and capital flows are statistically significant determinants of financial development. Simultaneous opening of both the trade and capital accounts also appear to have positive impacts on financial development. The evidence also suggests that openness leads to improved financial development through institutional quality and competition channels. However, the institutional channel outperforms competition in ensuring the positive effects of openness on financial market depth in developing countries.
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spelling upm-174562015-05-14T06:58:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17456/ Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies. Siong, Hook Law This paper examines the impact of trade openness and capital flows on financial development in developing countries using a dynamic panel GMM estimation technique. The empirical results reveal that trade openness and capital flows are statistically significant determinants of financial development. Simultaneous opening of both the trade and capital accounts also appear to have positive impacts on financial development. The evidence also suggests that openness leads to improved financial development through institutional quality and competition channels. However, the institutional channel outperforms competition in ensuring the positive effects of openness on financial market depth in developing countries. Taylor & Francis 2009-09 Article PeerReviewed Siong, Hook Law (2009) Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies. International Economic Journal, 23 (3). pp. 409-426. ISSN 1016-8737 Free trade - Developing countries Economic development 10.1080/10168730903268398
spellingShingle Free trade - Developing countries
Economic development
Siong, Hook Law
Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.
title Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.
title_full Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.
title_fullStr Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.
title_full_unstemmed Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.
title_short Trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.
title_sort trade openness, capital inflows and financial development in developing economies.
topic Free trade - Developing countries
Economic development
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17456/
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