The Finance–Growth Nexus in Asia: A Meta-Analytic Approach
Amar Anwar and
Ichiro Iwasaki
Asian Development Review (ADR), 2023, vol. 40, issue 01, 13-48
Abstract:
This paper features a meta-analysis of the effects of financial development and liberalization on macroeconomic growth in Asia. A meta-synthesis of 748 estimates extracted from 75 previous studies indicates that the growth-enhancing effect of finance reaches an economically meaningful scale in the region. Synthesis results also reveal that the finance–growth nexus in South Asia is stronger than that in East Asia. Publication selection bias is examined using both linear and nonlinear techniques, and our results show that there is a possibility of publication bias in the literature. After applying advanced and up-to-date meta-analysis methods, we find that the collected estimates contain significant underlying empirical evidence of the impact of finance on economic growth for both Asia and its subregions.
Keywords: Asia; economic growth; financial development; meta-analysis; publication selection bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E44 G10 O11 O16 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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