Journal
QUALITY & QUANTITY
Volume 49, Issue 2, Pages 785-803Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-014-0023-x
Keywords
Financial development; Trade openness; Economic growth; South Africa
Funding
- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University
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This study revisits the impact of financial development on economic growth in South Africa by incorporating trade openness in the production function. The paper covers the period of 1970-2011. We apply the Bayer-Hanck combined cointegration approach to examine the long run relationship between the variables. Our results indicate that financial development stimulates economic growth. Capital use adds in economic growth but trade openness impedes economic growth. The demand-side hypothesis is validated in South Africa. This paper suggests that government should redirect trade policies to reap optimal fruits of financial development for long run economic growth.
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