Download or read book An Examination of the Role of Stock Market Development in Economic Growth in SADC written by Taimi Amunkete and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the impact of stock market development on economic growth in five SADC countries, namely Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, and South Africa for the period starting from 2004 to 2019. It tests for the existence of a long-run relationship as well the presence of a causal relationship between stock market development and economic growth. The study selects interactions of stock market development with the real economy using panel vector autoregression (VAR) based Granger causality tests as well as impulse response functions and forecast error variance decomposition to interpret the results. Using stock market capitalization, total value traded and stock market turnover as measures of stock market development, the study aims to determine whether these variables have an impact on GDP growth. The results suggest that there is no cointegration among the variables, suggestive of the fact that there exists no long run relationship. In terms of the short-run causal relationships, the Pairwise Granger Causality tests reveal that there is evidence of a short-term unidirectional causal relationship between stock market development and economic growth, running from stock market development to GDP growth. These results are consistent with the supply leading hypothesis, as was originally postulated by Schumpeter (1911). Also commonly referred to as the finance-led growth hypothesis or the finance-growth nexus, it assumes that causality flows from financial sector development to economic growth and not the other way round; and thus, stock market development is deemed the driver of economic growth. Given the importance of stock market development to economic growth, the study recommends prioritisation of stock market activities in the form on government policy interventions, diversification of stock market products and automation of trading system to ensure enhanced performance of stock markets, as a driver for increased economic growth.

Download or read book The Determinants of Stock Market Development in Emerging Economies written by Charles Amo Yartey and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the institutional and macroeconomic determinants of stock market development using a panel data of 42 emerging economies for the period 1990 to 2004. The paper finds that macroeconomic factors such as income level, gross domestic investment, banking sector development, private capital flows, and stock market liquidity are important determinants of stock market development in emerging market countries. The results also show that political risk, law and order, and bureaucratic quality are important determinants of stock market development because they enhance the viability of external finance. This result suggests that the resolution of political risk can be an important factor in the development of emerging stock markets. The analysis also shows the factors identified above as determining stock market development in emerging economies can also explain the development of the stock market in South Africa.

Download or read book Stock Markets and Economic Growth written by Ortrun Anne Gronski and published by Peter Lang Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stock markets have grown rapidly in many developing countries during the past ten years. Nevertheless there is little evidence as to whether a stock market is crucial for economic development. This study aims at filling this gap. Based on data from the Republic of South Africa, Anne Gronski investigates the impact of the stock market development on investment, savings and economic growth. The author first elaborates the potential effects of stock market development, then provides an overview over the political and economic developments in South Africa during the observation period and finally applies different econometric techniques to analyse the issue empirically. At first sight, the stock market development seems to have had a negative impact on South Africa's development; while savings, investment and growth deteriorated, the stock market grew. However, the more detailed analyses show that inflation and political instability were the major culprits for the down-turn. The stock market prevented further decline in savings by providing inflation-adjusted returns. With regard to investment, the analyses show that as opposed to public investments, private investments were less affected by the unstable climate. Moreover, the analyses show that external equity finance gained importance during the considered period and that private investments reacted positively to the stock market development. The causality tests also confirm the positive effects of stock market development on economic growth.

Download or read book Stock Market Development and Economic Growth written by Abiy Hailemariam Gebereselassie and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary economies of developing countries are changing due to rapid changes in the world economy. The economies of emerging market countries are witnessing changes in the composition of capital flows because world stock markets are expanding rapidly. Foreign direct investment and stock market boom are the indicators of the changing world economic order. Hence, Stock market has been associated with economic growth through its role as source for new private capital. On the other hand, stock market development is the catalyst for economic growth. The purpose of this study examines the relationship between stock market development and economic Growth. Empirically, based on the data for Emerging market and developed market countries during the 10 years' period, from 1999 - 2008 using the generalized method of moments (GMM) for dynamic panel method approach. To control for the country specific effect, the model is further estimated for the developed and emerging member countries.

Download or read book Stock Market Development and Economic Growth written by Obianuju Nnadozie and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arising from the mixed results in existing literature on the relationship between stock market development indicators and economic growth for both developed and developing countries, this study sets out to reexamine the relationship between stock market development and economic growth with reference to Africa. Employing various panel estimation techniques and estimating models of stock market size and liquidity plus an aggregate stock market model, our results indicate that stock market development indicators positively and significantly affect economic growth. We also test for cross-sectional dependence for the countries considered using the cross-section independence test of Pesaran. The results reveal that the null hypothesis of no cross-sectional dependence is rejected implying the existence of cross sectional dependence. In the light of our empirical findings, we make important policy recommendations: policy makers in Africa should encourage greater stock market development via sound macroeconomic policies coordination that will ensure further integration of African stock markets. Also, there should be a proper regulation of these stock markets to reduce all forms of distortions that will impede the efficiency of the stock markets.

Download or read book The Development of the Stock Market and Its Effect on Economic Growth written by Kevin Andrew Elliott and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stock Market Development and Long Run Growth written by Ross Levine and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March 1996 Is there a strong empirical association between stock market development and long-term economic growth? Cross-country regressions suggest that there is a positive and robust association. Levine and Zervos empirically evaluate the relationship between stock market development and long-term growth. The data suggest that stock market development is positively associated with economic growth. Moreover, instrumental variables procedures indicate a strong connection between the predetermined component of stock market development and economic growth in the long run. While cross-country regressions imply a strong link between stock market development and economic growth, the results should be viewed as suggestive partial correlations that stimulate additional research rather than as conclusive findings. Much work remains to be done to shed light on the relationship between stock market development and economic growth. Careful case studies might help identify causal relationships and further research could be done on the time-series property of such relationships. Research should also be done to identify policies that facilitate the development of sound securities markets. This paper -- a product of the Finance and Private Sector Development Division, Policy Research Department -- is part of a larger effort in the department to study the relationship between financial systems and economic growth. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Stock Market Development and Financial Intermediary Growth2 (RPO 679-53).

Download or read book Stock Market Development and Economic Growth written by Charity Ifunanya Osakwe and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study empirically explored the short run and long run relationship between stock market development and economic growth by comparing two leading emerging economies in Africa: Nigeria and South Africa from 1981 to 2015. Growth rate of gross domestic product was used to measure economic growth, while stock market development was surrogated by market capitalization ratio to gross domestic product and stock value traded ratio. Data were carefully sourced from World Bank development indicators of both countries. The ARDL co-integration divulged equilibrium long run relationship between stock market development and economic growth in Nigeria but not for South Africa. In both short and long run, there was a positive but insignificant relationship between stock market development and economic growth in Nigeria and South Africa. The granger causality analysis deduced that economic growth of South Africa is significantly affected by market capitalization but not so in Nigeria. The variation in economic growth owing to fluctuation in stock market development indices were observed to be insignificant for both Nigeria and South Africa. The study concluded that stock market development is relevant to economic growth as postulated in theoretical literature. Information disclosure in the stock markets of both countries need to be improve upon in an attempt to reducing information asymmetries. The availability of vital information of listed firms to insiders in the market hinders foreign investments. The non-availability of rating agencies and of a well-defined structure of regulation handicap investors from adequate assessment of firms' risk priori to investing their funds.

Download or read book Stock Market Development and Long Run Growth written by Sara Zervos and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a strong empirical association between stock market development and long-term economic growth? Cross-country regressions suggest that there is a positive and robust association.Levine and Zervos empirically evaluate the relationship between stock market development and long-term growth. The data suggest that stock market development is positively associated with economic growth. Moreover, instrumental variables procedures indicate a strong connection between the predetermined component of stock market development and economic growth in the long run.While cross-country regressions imply a strong link between stock market development and economic growth, the results should be viewed as suggestive partial correlations that stimulate additional research rather than as conclusive findings. Much work remains to be done to shed light on the relationship between stock market development and economic growth. Careful case studies might help identify causal relationships and further research could be done on the time-series property of such relationships.Research should also be done to identify policies that facilitate the development of sound securities markets.This paper - a product of the Finance and Private Sector Development Division, Policy Research Department - is part of a larger effort in the department to study the relationship between financial systems and economic growth. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Stock Market Development and Financial Intermediary Growth (RPO 679-53).

Download or read book Examining the Impact of Stock Market Development on Economic Growth written by Pramod Kumar Naik and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study empirically reexamines the impact of stock market development on economic growth using data on twenty-seven emerging market economies over the period 1995-2012. We use market capitalization, trade value and turnover ratio as indicators of stock market development. Also, we construct three alternate composite indices of stock market development and used them in the growth regression each at a time. Methodologically, we employ the dynamic panel 'system GMM' estimators which is free from the problem of endogeneity and measurement errors; secondly, a 2nd generation panel unit root test of Pesaran (2007) is employed to test the stationary properties of data; finally, in order to test the direction of causality we make use of a newly developed panel non-causality test of Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) which is designed for heterogeneous panel. Our empirical findings indicate that stock market development significantly contributes to economic growth. This is evident in all the three alternate indices of financial development employed in the study. Further, we find a unidirectional causation running from stock market development to economic growth, supporting the supply-leading hypothesis. We also find that macroeconomic variables, such as investment ratio, trade openness and exchange rate have strong influence on economic growth. Thus, the study suggests that significant improvement of stock markets, making the economy internationally open, and improving the aggregate investment the emerging market economies can improve their economy.

Download or read book Development Finance written by Gianluigi Giorgioni and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth overview of the most salient aspects of development finance. It critically reviews the current state of relevant literature on this topic and assesses both the challenges and the opportunities presented by the various forms of finance for development. Chapters from expert contributors examine a range of topics from the link between finance and growth and finance and misallocation, the relationship between financial illiteracy and lack of legal titles on access to finance, to the role of governments in the financial system and the role of overseas development assistance, remittances, microfinance, foreign direct investment (FDI) and stock exchanges on development. This book offers a good point of reference for postgraduate and PhD students and will appeal to researchers in this field.

Download or read book Global Economic Prospects 2005 written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual publication analyses the global and national dimensions of the investment climate for developing countries, in terms of the policy and institutional environment. This edition examines the growth of regional trade agreements, which have risen eight-fold in two decades with currently, as much as 40 percent of global trade taking place among countries that have some form of reciprocal regional trade agreement. Issues discussed include: regional trading trends; effects of regional agreements on trade creation, trade facilitation and services, investment, intellectual property rights, and labour mobility; whether the proliferation of agreements poses risks for multilateral trading system, and if so, options for managing them. The report finds that agreements leading to open regionalism (that is, deeper integration of trade as a result of low external tariffs, increased services competition, and efforts to reduce cross-border and customs delays costs) are effective as part of a larger trade strategy to promote growth. Although regional agreements can prove beneficial to member countries, they can have adverse effects on excluded countries, and the lowering of border barriers around the world is crucial to minimising these effects. The completion of the Doha Development Agenda by all WTO countries will reduce the risk of trade diversion associated with regional agreements and will decrease trade losses of countries excluded from agreements.

Download or read book Zambia s Stock Exchange and Privatisation Programme written by Kenneth Kaoma Mwenda and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work proposes a method for educating for spirituality in contemporary North American culture. The text brings the concerns of social and political action directly into the discussion of spirituality.

Download or read book Regional Integration in Sub Saharan Africa written by Faezeh Foroutan and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A New Database on Financial Development and Structure written by Thorsten Beck and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new database of indicators of financial development and structure across countries and over time unites a range of indicators that measure the size, activity, and efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets.

Download or read book World Development Indicators 2015 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Development Indicators 2015 World Development Indicators 2015 provides a compilation of relevant, highquality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. It is intended to help policymakers, students, analysts, professors, program managers, and citizens find and use data related to all aspects of development, including those that help monitor progress toward the World Bank Group’s two goals of ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Six themes are used to organize indicators—world view, people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links. As in past editions, World Development Indicators reviews global progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and provides key indicators related to poverty. WDI 2015 includes: * A selection of the most popular indicators across 214 economies and 14 country groups organized into six WDI themes * Thematic and regional highlights, providing an overview of global development trends * An in-depth review of the progress made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals * A user guide describing resources available online and on mobile apps A complementary online data analysis tool is available this year to allow readers to further investigate global, regional, and country progress on the MDGs: data.worldbank.org/mdgs. Each of the remaining sections includes an introduction; six stories highlighting specific global, regional or country trends; and a table of the most relevant and popular indicators for that theme, together with a discussion of indicator compilation methodology. WDI DataFinder Mobile App Download the WDI DataFinder Mobile App and other Data Apps at data.worldbank.org/apps. WDI DataFinder is a mobile app for browsing the current WDI database on smartphones and tablets, using iOS, Android, and Blackberry, available in four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. Use the app to: * browse data using the structure of the WDI * visually compare countries and indicators * create, edit, and save customized tables, charts, and maps * share what you create on Twitter, Facebook, and via email

Download or read book World Development Report 2009 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. The transformations along these three dimensions density, distance, and division are most noticeable in North America, Western Europe, and Japan, but countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are changing in ways similar in scope and speed. 'World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography' concludes that these spatial transformations are essential, and should be encouraged. The conclusion is not without controversy. Slum-dwellers now number a billion, but the rush to cities continues. Globalization is believed to benefit many, but not the billion people living in lagging areas of developing nations. High poverty and mortality persist among the world's 'bottom billion', while others grow wealthier and live longer lives. Concern for these three billion often comes with the prescription that growth must be made spatially balanced. The WDR has a different message: economic growth is seldom balanced, and efforts to spread it out prematurely will jeopardize progress. The Report: documents how production becomes more concentrated spatially as economies grow. proposes economic integration as the principle for promoting successful spatial transformations. revisits the debates on urbanization, territorial development, and regional integration and shows how today's developers can reshape economic geography.