Financial Development and Economic Growth: The Empirical Evidence of the Southern Mediterranean Countries

Mohamed Aydi and Abdelkader Aguir
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Mohamed Aydi: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Sousse, Tunisia,
Abdelkader Aguir: BETA Lab UMR 7522 University of Lorraine and UR MOFID UR 13-ES60, France.

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2017, vol. 7, issue 3, 196-209

Abstract: This paper analyzes empirically the links between financial development and the economic growth of the (squared multiple correlation). The study is based on a vector autoregression approach: The Johansen tests for cointegration and vector error correction model models. The debate on the relation between the financial sphere and the real economic sphere was very ambiguous some studies have shown a positive association between these two spheres while others presented the opposing view perfectly. On the basis of the data relative to the PSM, observed during period 1981-2014, we tried to show there is or not a positive relationship between the financial development and the economic growth. This relationship and increasingly intense for the role of the banking development and and refers to an innovation effort and modernization of the financial system.

Keywords: Financial Development; Economic Growth; Southern Mediterranean Countries; Vector Autoregression Approch (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G10 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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