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Complex Issues of Regional Growth Dependence on the Level of Financial Sector Development

Vol. 15, Iss. 6, JUNE 2017

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Received: 2 December 2016

Received in revised form: 26 December 2016

Accepted: 12 January 2017

Available online: 15 June 2017

Subject Heading: SOCIOECONOMIC POLICY

JEL Classification: G18, G21, O10, O18, O43

Pages: 1068-1081

https://doi.org/10.24891/re.15.6.1068

Importance The paper develops the area of endogenous economic growth theory that focuses on the relationships between financial development and economic dynamics at the national and sub-national levels.
Objectives The study aims to identify regular differences in the level and statistical significance of the coefficients of regression models with financial development variables for groups of regions with different levels of financial sector development averaged for the studied period.
Methods To estimate coefficients, we use an individual fixed-effect model. Regions are classified in terms of the composite index of density of banking services in the region. We use real GRP per capita as an indicator of economic dynamics. The analysis covers the panel data on 75 Russian regions for the period of 2002–2014.
Results We found that the impact of financial development indices on economic growth is more intensive in groups of regions with a moderate level of financial development.
Conclusions and Relevance The findings support the hypothesis on nonmonotonic dependence of finance and growth among different groups of Russian regions.

Keywords: emerging market, financial system, economic development, regression model, region

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