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Benchmarking Financial Systems around the World

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 (financi...

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Main Authors: Čihák, Martin, Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı, Feyen, Erik, Levine, Ross
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCESS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
EFFICIENCY
FINANCIAL DEPTH
GLOBAL FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT DATABASE
INSTITUTION AND MARKET SIZE
STABILITY
TIME SERIES TRENDS
USE OF SERVICES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16669897/benchmarking-financial-systems-around-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12031
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Summary: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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