Financial Market Integration and Economic Growth in the EU

Luigi Guiso (), Tullio Jappelli (), Mario Padula () and Marco Pagano ()

No 4395, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: The diversity in the current degree of financial development across the EU can be a great opportunity at a time where this area is poised to become increasingly financially integrated. Integration should accelerate the development of the most backward financial markets, and allow companies from these countries to access more sophisticated credit and security markets. In line with a large recent literature, it is reasonable to expect that financial integration will have a ‘growth dividend’ in Europe. This Paper attempts to quantify this growth dividend, using both industry and firm-level data to estimate the empirical relationship between financial market development and growth, and to gauge how it will distribute itself across countries and sectors.

Keywords: financial development; financial integration; growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D92 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-06
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