The African Financial Development Gap

The Determinates of Financial Development in Iraq

T his paper examines the effect of factors on the development of commercial banking in Iraq. Seven factors used as determinates for financial depth which are per capita GDP, inflation rate, government budget deficit, share of state-owned banks of total assets as proxy of financial repression, oil sector domination, international trade openness and political stability as explanatory v...

The Threshold Financial Development and Energy Consumption in Iran

Energy as a necessary consumption good for households and as a necessary input for producers has a very important role in economic growth. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between financial development and energy consumption in Iran. For this purpose, by using the structural time series method and a quadratic specification of financial development, the effect of financia...

The Future of Bitcoin as a Tool for Financial Development

The purpose of research is focused on the insight into the future of Bitcoin on the financial situation, its implications and challenges. The problem of study is to investigate how to deal with a new type of digital currencies (such Bitcoin) that does not have a physical presence and there is no specific body to issue. Thus, this study aims to identify the nature of Bitcoin currency and what ar...

Financial Development And The Distribution Of Income In MENA

Banking Sector Policies and Financial Development: The Case of Iran

In this paper we empirically examine the effect of various banking policies on financial sector development. To this end, an econometric model in the context of Co-integrated VAR is employed. The results show that financial liberalization and reforms have a significant and positive effect on the banking sector development while inflation rate has a negative effect. Furthermore, the high GDP...