Short-Versus Long-Term Credit and Economic Performance : Evidence from the WAEMU /

This paper studies the link between financial development and economic growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). Using panel data for WAEMU countries over the period 1995-2006, the results suggest that while financial development does support growth in the region, long-term ban...

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Tác giả chính: Gbenyo, Kodzo
Tác giả khác: Kpodar, Kangni
Định dạng: Tạp chí
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Loạt:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/115
Truy cập trực tuyến:Full text available on IMF
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