Finance and Economic Growth. The Case of Sweden 1834-1991

Pontus Hansson and Lars Jonung ()
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Pontus Hansson: Department of Economics, Postal: Lund University,P.O. 7082, S-220 07 LUND, SWEDEN

No 176, Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance from Stockholm School of Economics

Abstract: This study examines the long-run relationship between finance and economic growth in Sweden from the 1830s until the 1990s using recently developed econometric techniques for tests of cointegration. The role of investment, education and technological progress (patents) is accounted for as well in order to assess the relative importance of the development of the financial system for growth performance. A fairly unique set of long-run data is employed. To our knowledge, no tests of this kind have been reported previously, at least not for the European experience. The estimated contribution of the financial system to economic growth is shown to depend crucially on the time period studied and the variables included in the analysis.

Keywords: Financial development; economic growth; cointegration; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-06
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