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Benchmarking Financial Systems around the World
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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.
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- Čihák, M., Demirgüç-Kunt, A., Feyen, E., & Levine, R.
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- World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
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- World Bank, Washington, DC
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- 2012-08
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