Financial Development, Institutional Quality and Economic Performance in East Asian Economies

Siong Hook Law () and Muzafar Shah Habibullah ()

Review of Applied Economics, 2006, vol. 2, issue 2

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of financial development and institutional quality on economic performance in the East Asian economies using the panel cointegration and panel group mean fully modified OLS estimations. The empirical results based on the Solow growth model indicate that well developed institutional quality and financial market lead to the improved output per capita in East Asian economies. The effect of financial development on economic performance is larger when the financial system is embedded within a sound institutional framework. Thus, institutional improvements in these economies are important, not only in promoting economic development but also to deliver the benefits of financial development.

Keywords: financial development; quality of institutions; economic performance; Financial Economics; G20; E44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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