The Relationship Between Financial Development and Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Selected Asian Countries

Tuan Doanh Le, Duong Phuong Thao Pham and Tuan Bach Le
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Tuan Doanh Le: University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Ward 6, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Duong Phuong Thao Pham: University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Ward 6, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tuan Bach Le: Foreign Trade University, No.15, Street D5, Ward 25, District Binh Thanh, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2019, vol. 67, issue 1, 287-298

Abstract: This study extends research on the relationship between financial development (FD) and innovation by dividing FD into bank-based FD and stock-market-based FD and investigating their effects on innovation. The number of patent applications is used as a proxy for innovative activities, and the financial development of a country is measured by the development of the banking sector and the stock market. The study employs the two-step Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) to test the relationship using a panel data set in 25 various Asian countries in the period from 2000 to 2015. The development of the banking sector and the stock market increase the number of patent applications, but their interaction calculated by financial structure is not related to innovation. The finding indicates that the development of a financial system encourages innovation regardless of the difference in the development level between its components. The study provides more insights into the impact of financial market development on the domestically economic activities.

Keywords: financial markets; innovation; finance; generalized method of moments; Asian countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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