Does Financial Development Necessarily Lead to Economic Growth? Evidence from China’s Cities, 2007–2014

Using data from 286 Chinese cities over the period 2007–2014, this paper investigates the impact of financial development on economic growth. Our results from traditional cross-sectional regressions, first-differenced GMM and system GMM regressions all show that financial development does not have a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhao Shiyong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201710005032