Benchmarking Financial Systems around the World
Year: 2012
Type: report
Abstract: This paper introduces the Global Financial Development Database, an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 205 economies from 1960 to 2010. The database includes measures of a) size of financial institutions and markets financial depth), b) degree to which individuals can and do use financial services access), c) efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets in intermediating resources and facilitating financial transactions efficiency), and d) stability of financial institutions and markets stability). The authors document cross-country differences and time series trends.
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2151182173