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Local growth and access to credit: Theory and evidence

  • Boubacar Diallo*
  • , Omar Al-Titi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We theoretically and empirically investigate the effects of access to credit on local growth using a Schumpeterian growth model and assuming monopolistic competition between differentiated products of the banking system. We show that access to credit exerts a positive effect on local economic growth. To validate the theoretical prediction we use data on firms and bank branches from 18 emerging European economies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)410-423
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Macroeconomics
Volume54
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

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© 2017 Elsevier Inc.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

  • Access to credit
  • Eastern europe
  • Monopolistic competition
  • Schumpeterian growth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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