Financial Development, Financial Fragility, and Growth

Financial Repression, Economic Growth and Development

Economic growth and development of market, stock exchange and related variables are among components which influence on business, economic activities and management of society. Financial repression is among economic variables greatly influencing on financial market specifically capital market and economic growth and development; so that, this concept caused to publish financial growth and devel...

Financial Integration, Financial Development and Economic Growth

This paper analyzes the relationship between international financial integration and economic growth. Recent literature, surveyed in this paper, emphasizes the role of financial deepening on economic growth. Less attention has been paid, however, to the role of international financial integration in promoting a deep domestic financial market and through that channel fostering economic growth. F...

Governance and Financial Fragility

Bailouts and Financial Fragility

Should policy makers be prevented from bailing out investors in the event of a crisis? I study this question in a model of financial intermediation with limited commitment. When a crisis occurs, the policy maker will respond by transferring resources to those investors facing losses. The anticipation of such a “bailout” distorts ex ante incentives, leading intermediaries to become excessively i...

Financial Development and Growth

Becsi is an economist in the regional section of the Atlanta Fed's research department. Wang is a professor in the Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University. They are grateful for valuable comments and suggestions from Tom Cunningham, Aruna Srinivasan, and Larry Wall.