FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM A PANEL STUDY ON SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES
Journal Title: Asian Economic and Financial Review - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
The paper examines the relationship between financial development and economic growth using panel data for five emerging South Asian countries - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The heterogeneous panel data is collected from the World Bank for the period of 1974 to 2012. Economic Growth is represented by GDP growth rate, and for Financial Development, five major variables have been used: (i) Domestic Credit Provided by Financial Sector, (ii) Total Debt Services, (iii) Gross Domestic Savings, (iv) Broad Money, and (v) Trade Balance. Fixed Effect Panel regression model has been used and Time Fixed Effect, Cross Sectional Dependence, Heteroskedasticity, Serial Correlation and Cointegration have been tested for model fitness. The results indicate that growth of total debt services and domestic savings have significant impact on economic development of these countries. Interestingly, broad money, trade balance and domestic credit have no considerable influence on fostering economic growth which is generally unexpected. The paper places several arguments to explain these results. The study appears to be a first hand examination on the South Asian countries and adds new insight into the existing literature. The findings and discussions presented would be valuable in designing long term financial and macroeconomic policies by these countries.
Authors and Affiliations
Rezwanul Hasan Rana*| Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, American International University, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Suborna Barua| Assistant Professor, Department of International Business, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh-
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