The Causal Relationship between Economic Growth, Banking Sector Development and Stock Market Development in Selected Middle-East and North African Countries

Vahid Puryan
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Vahid Puryan: Business Management (Sub Branch: Financial), Science and Research University, Qazvin, Iran.

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, 575-580

Abstract: Economic growth is the major indicator of government's performances; hence, economists always trying to help policy-makers in this field through accurate recognizing of dynamisms and factor affecting this indicator. On the other hand, financial and monetary markets play a vital role in directing existing funds in economy toward producing and industrial sectors to improve economic growth. In this regard, some economists believe that expanded financial markets are driving force of economic growth is countries. This research has investigated the causal relationship between economic growth, banking sector development, and stock market development (SMD) in selected Middle-East and North African (MENA) countries during 1988-2012. To measure development of banking and stock market sectors, 4 indexes are introduced that are converting to two general indexes for each sector using decomposition method for principle components. To test causal relationship between economic growths, banking sector and SMD, granger causality test based on vector auto regression of error correction has been applied. According to the results of this study, there is a one-way causal relationship from banking sector development toward economic growth, a mutual causal relationship between SMD and economic growth, and a one-way causal relationship from banking sector development toward stock market. SMD has a long-run positive effect on economic growth.

Keywords: Stock Market Development; Banking Sector Development; Economic Growth; Selected Middle-East and North African Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 O13 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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