Amissah, Emmanuel, Bougheas, Spiro, Defever, Fabrice and Falvey, Rod (2016) Financial system architecture and the patterns ofinternational trade. CEP discussion paper (CEPDP1448). Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, UK.
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Abstract
Countries differ on the extent to which their financial system relies on banks or on the financial market. We offer a model featuring a possible two-way relationship between countries’ financial system architecture and their comparative advantage. Countries specialising in bank dependent sectors favour the development of the banking sector. Simultaneously, countries with more efficient capital markets develop comparative advantage in sectors with strong dependence on market finance. To empirically investigate our model’s predictions, we construct a measure of sector bank dependence and establish a strong relationship between countries’ comparative advantage and their financial system architecture
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| JEL classification: | F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F10 - General G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G20 - General G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2017 12:48 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 20:36 |
| Projects: | CEP Trade Programme |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69016 |
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