Financial development, trade openness and financial openness: do income levels matter for developing countries?

Simplice A, Asongu (2010): Financial development, trade openness and financial openness: do income levels matter for developing countries? Forthcoming in:

Abstract

Using a panel of 29 African middle and low income countries with data spanning from 1988 to 2007, we analyze linkages between openness and financial intermediary development when income levels matter. Main findings are four: firstly, openness in the last two decades has not been the effect of growth and welfare, but of structural adjustment policies imposed by the IMF and World Bank; secondly, but for the positive impact of trade openness on the financial depth of low income countries, openness in sampled countries fail to bring about financial intermediary development; thirdly, financial openness brings trade openness for both income levels, but the reverse is true only for middle income countries; lastly, low income countries will benefit more from trade openness through financial deepening and financial openness than their middle income counterparts.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Openness, financial intermediary development, income levels, panel, Africa.
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General > E00 - General; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A10 - General; D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D60 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E40 - General

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