Nava Ramezanian Bajgiran; Mostafa Salimifar; Ali Akbar Naji Meydani; Mohammad Salimifar
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According to endogenous growth theories, knowledge, innovation and technology are the most important factors affecting economic growth. There is also the view that economic growth can in turn expand the innovation and inventions by facilitating access to the financial resources for the entrepreneurs. ...
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According to endogenous growth theories, knowledge, innovation and technology are the most important factors affecting economic growth. There is also the view that economic growth can in turn expand the innovation and inventions by facilitating access to the financial resources for the entrepreneurs. In other words, there may be a circular flow between innovation and economic growth. Despite the importance of innovation in the economy, little has been done about this subject, especially in developing countries. Hence, this study was designed to investigate the causal relationship and correlation between innovation and economic growth in selected MENA countries during 1995 to 2011, using a vector error correction model and panel data econometrics. The findings suggest that there is a one-way causal relationship from innovation to economic growth in both the short and long run; however, there is no correlation between innovation and high-tech exports with economic growth. Also, foreign direct investment, gross capital formation and GDP growth rate of the previous periods, unlike the government expenditure variable, have significant positive relationship with economic growth
Mohammad Ali Aboutorabi; Mohammad ali Falahi
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According to the relationship between financial development and economic growth, the question is whether the type of financial structure (bank-based or market-based financial system) can affect the economic growth? This paper attempts to find an answer to the above mentioned question by surviving the ...
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According to the relationship between financial development and economic growth, the question is whether the type of financial structure (bank-based or market-based financial system) can affect the economic growth? This paper attempts to find an answer to the above mentioned question by surviving the effect of financial development of banks and stock markets in some MENA countries.
The Principal components analysis is used to derive a multilateral index for financial development. Moreover, using panel data econometrics, the role of banking system and stock market in encouraging economic growth in the studied countries is investigated.
The results indicate that the effect of banking system development on the economic growth in these countries is significantly negative while the effect of stock market development in spite of being positive is not statistically significant. These results are contrary to the observed empirical evidences in developed countries which are due to the specific and different characteristics of financial markets in developing countries. Therefore, in the case of these countries, it seems that the planning for “financial development” is essential before any controversy over the type of “financial structure”.
