Arbeitspapier

Regional growth and finance in Europe: is there a quality effect of bank efficiency?

In this study, we test whether regional growth in 11 European countries depends on financial development and suggest the use of cost- and profit-efficiency estimates as quality measures for financial institutions. Contrary to the usual quantitative proxies for financial development, the quality of financial institutions is measured in this study as the relative ability of banks to intermediate funds. An improvement in bank efficiency spurs five times more regional growth than does an identical increase in credit. More credit provided by efficient banks exerts an independent growth effect in addition to the direct quantity and quality channel effects.

ISBN
978-952-462-509-8
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers ; No. 13/2009

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
Economywide Country Studies: Europe
Thema
bank performance
regional growth
bank efficiency
Europe

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hasan, Iftekhar
Koetter, Michael
Wedow, Michael
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Bank of Finland
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2009

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hasan, Iftekhar
  • Koetter, Michael
  • Wedow, Michael
  • Bank of Finland

Entstanden

  • 2009

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