Rajan and Zingales (2003) hypothesize that openness—trade and financial—is a crucial determinant of financial development. The main policy implication emerging from this hypothesis is that openness should be promoted as a means of facilitating economic growth through financial development....

Noting that “one size does not fit all” in the case of the finance–development (FD) relationship, a growing body of literature has recently focused on uncovering economic conditions under which financial development could be beneficial (detrimental) to economic development. We look into...

Noting that 'one size does not fit all' in the case of the finance-growth (FG) nexus, a growing body of literature has recently focused on uncovering economic conditions under which financial development could be beneficial (detrimental) to economic development. We look into these conditions by...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>This paper re-examines the long-run finance-growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using data from 17 countries over the period 1975–2005. We apply error correction-based panel cointegration tests that take into account cross-sectional dependence among...</p>

Evidence on the causality between finance and growth is largely inconclusive. In this study, a large cross-sectional data set of 74 economies for the period between 1975 and 2005 is examined. We summarise evidence from in-sample and out-of-sample causality tests based on rolling estimation...

Aktuelle Entwicklungen üben massiven Einfluss auf die Medienlandschaft aus. Auf dem Printmarkt und insbesondere für Tageszeitungen hat sich vor allem durch das Aufkommen des Internets ein verstärkter Wettbewerb entwickelt. Um diesen Veränderungen zu begegnen wird Marketingmaßnahmen in...