Bank-based versus market-based financial systems: A growth-theoretic analysis

被引:65
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作者
Chakraborty, S [1 ]
Ray, T
机构
[1] Univ Oregon, Dept Econ, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
[2] HKUST, Dept Econ, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Indian Stat Inst, New Delhi 110016, India
关键词
financial system; income distribution; banks; market finance;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmoneco.2005.01.003
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
We study bank-based and market-based financial systems in an endogenous growth model. Lending to firms is fraught with moral hazard as owner-managers may reduce investment profitability to enjoy private benefits. Bank monitoring partially resolves the agency problem, while market-finance is more 'hands-off'. A bank-based or market-based system emerges from firm-financing choices. Neither system is unequivocally better for growth, which crucially depends on the efficiency of financial and legal institutions. But a bank-based system outperforms a market-based one along other dimensions. Investment and per capita income are higher, and income inequality lower, under a bank-based system. Bank-based systems are also more conducive for broad-based industrialization. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:329 / 350
页数:22
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