Financial Institutions and Markets across Countries and over Time: The Updated Financial Development and Structure Database
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- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The World Bank Economic Review
- Vol. 24 (1) , 77-92
- https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhp016
Abstract
This article introduces the updated and expanded version of the Financial Development and Structure Database. The database includes indicators on the size, efficiency, and stability of banks, nonbank financial institutions, and equity and bond markets over 1960–2007. It also contains indicators of financial globalization.Keywords
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