This paper empirically investigates the interaction between financial development and trade openness through simultaneous-equation systems. The identification and estimation of the systems rely on the methodology of identification through heteroskedasticity proposed by Rigobon (2003). Using a panel consisting of 70 countries over the period 1960-2007, we find a two-way causal relationship between financial development and trade openness. A better-developed financial sector induces higher openness to trade, while higher openness in goods market stymies financial development. And such findings hold well for low-income, high-inflation, or low-governance countries.
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Univ Texas San Antonio, Carlos Alvarez Coll Business, Dept Econ, San Antonio, TX USAUniv Texas San Antonio, Carlos Alvarez Coll Business, Dept Econ, San Antonio, TX USA
Ghossoub, Edgar A.
Harrison, Andre
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Calif State Univ Long Beach, Coll Liberal Arts, Dept Econ, Long Beach, CA USAUniv Texas San Antonio, Carlos Alvarez Coll Business, Dept Econ, San Antonio, TX USA
Harrison, Andre
Reed, Robert R.
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Univ Alabama, Culverhouse Coll Business, Dept Econ Finance & Legal Studies, Tuscaloosa, AL USA
Univ Alabama, Culverhouse Coll Business, Dept Econ Finance & Legal Studies, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USAUniv Texas San Antonio, Carlos Alvarez Coll Business, Dept Econ, San Antonio, TX USA