Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics

This paper analyzes the bright and dark sides of the financial development process through the lenses of the four fundamental frictions to which agents are exposed -- information asymmetry, enforcement, collective action, and collective cognition....

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Main Authors: de la Torre, Augusto, Feyen, Erik, Ize, Alain
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GDP
TAX
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topic ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE SELECTION
ARBITRAGE
ASSET MANAGERS
ASSETS RATIO
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK ASSETS
BANK BRANCH
BANK CREDIT
BANK DEBT
BANK DEPOSIT
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK MARGINS
BANK POLICY
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
BENCHMARKS
BILLS OF EXCHANGE
BORROWER
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
BROKERS
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITALIZATION
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONSUMERS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COORDINATION FAILURES
CORPORATE BONDS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT BUREAUS
CREDIT CARD
CREDIT DEFAULT
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDITOR
CREDITOR RIGHTS
CURRENCY MISMATCHES
CUSTODY
DEBT SECURITIES
DEFAULT RISK
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT SERVICES
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DERIVATIVE
DERIVATIVE MARKETS
DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS
DERIVATIVES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PATHS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCLOSURE STANDARDS
DISEQUILIBRIUM
DIVERSIFICATION BENEFITS
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC DEBT
DOMESTIC EQUITIES
DOMESTIC EQUITY
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RENT
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING ECONOMY
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EQUITY MARKET
EQUITY MARKET CAPITALIZATION
EQUITY MARKETS
EQUITY SECURITIES
EXPECTED VALUES
EXPORTER
EXPOSURE
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL FINANCE
FEE INCOME
FINANCIAL CONTRACT
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL FRAGILITY
FINANCIAL HISTORY
FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCIAL INNOVATION
FINANCIAL INSTABILITY
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICE
FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FINANCIAL VOLATILITY
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FREE RIDING PROBLEMS
FUND MANAGERS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET
GOVERNMENT BORROWING
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT DEBT MARKETS
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
HEDGE FUNDS
HEDGES
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFORMATION ASYMMETRY
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE COMPANY
INSURANCE PREMIUM
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INTEREST INCOME
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANKS
LACK OF COLLATERAL
LEGAL RIGHTS
LIFE INSURANCE
LIMITED LIABILITY
LIQUID ASSETS
LIQUIDITY
LOANABLE FUNDS
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET ANALYSTS
MARKET DEBT
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET LIQUIDITY
MARKET MECHANISM
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MARKET RETURN
MARKET SIZE
MARKET TURNOVER
MARKETABLE ASSETS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MONETARY POLICY
MORAL HAZARD
MORTGAGE
MUTUAL FUND
MUTUAL FUND ASSETS
MUTUAL FUNDS
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
NETWORK EXTERNALITIES
OFFSHORE CENTER
OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTER
OPEN ECONOMIES
OUTPUT
PAYMENT SERVICES
PENSION
PENSION FUND
PENSION FUND ASSETS
PENSION FUNDS
PENSION REFORMS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIO
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE DEBT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT SECURITIES
PUBLIC GOOD
REPO
RESERVE
RETAIL INVESTORS
RETURNS
RETURNS TO SCALE
RISK DIVERSIFICATION
RISK PROFILES
RULE OF LAW
SCALE EFFECTS
SECURITIES MARKETS
SOLVENCY
STOCK EXCHANGES
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION
STOCK MARKETS
STOCK TRADING
STOCKS
TAX
TAXATION
TRADING
TRADING PLATFORM
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSITION COUNTRY
UNDERLYING PROBLEM
USE OF COLLATERAL
VALUE ADDED
VALUE OF COLLATERAL
WEALTH
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE SELECTION
ARBITRAGE
ASSET MANAGERS
ASSETS RATIO
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK ASSETS
BANK BRANCH
BANK CREDIT
BANK DEBT
BANK DEPOSIT
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK MARGINS
BANK POLICY
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
BENCHMARKS
BILLS OF EXCHANGE
BORROWER
BOUNDED RATIONALITY
BROKERS
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITALIZATION
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANKS
CHECKING ACCOUNTS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONSUMERS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
COORDINATION FAILURES
CORPORATE BONDS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CREDIT BUREAUS
CREDIT CARD
CREDIT DEFAULT
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDITOR
CREDITOR RIGHTS
CURRENCY MISMATCHES
CUSTODY
DEBT SECURITIES
DEFAULT RISK
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT SERVICES
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DERIVATIVE
DERIVATIVE MARKETS
DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS
DERIVATIVES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PATHS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCLOSURE STANDARDS
DISEQUILIBRIUM
DIVERSIFICATION BENEFITS
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC DEBT
DOMESTIC EQUITIES
DOMESTIC EQUITY
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC RENT
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING ECONOMY
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EQUITY MARKET
EQUITY MARKET CAPITALIZATION
EQUITY MARKETS
EQUITY SECURITIES
EXPECTED VALUES
EXPORTER
EXPOSURE
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL FINANCE
FEE INCOME
FINANCIAL CONTRACT
FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL FRAGILITY
FINANCIAL HISTORY
FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCIAL INNOVATION
FINANCIAL INSTABILITY
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICE
FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
FINANCIAL VOLATILITY
FIXED COSTS
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FREE RIDING PROBLEMS
FUND MANAGERS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET
GOVERNMENT BORROWING
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT DEBT MARKETS
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
HEDGE FUNDS
HEDGES
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFORMATION ASYMMETRY
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE COMPANY
INSURANCE PREMIUM
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INTEREST INCOME
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANKS
LACK OF COLLATERAL
LEGAL RIGHTS
LIFE INSURANCE
LIMITED LIABILITY
LIQUID ASSETS
LIQUIDITY
LOANABLE FUNDS
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET ANALYSTS
MARKET DEBT
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET INSTRUMENTS
MARKET LIQUIDITY
MARKET MECHANISM
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MARKET RETURN
MARKET SIZE
MARKET TURNOVER
MARKETABLE ASSETS
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MONETARY POLICY
MORAL HAZARD
MORTGAGE
MUTUAL FUND
MUTUAL FUND ASSETS
MUTUAL FUNDS
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
NETWORK EXTERNALITIES
OFFSHORE CENTER
OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTER
OPEN ECONOMIES
OUTPUT
PAYMENT SERVICES
PENSION
PENSION FUND
PENSION FUND ASSETS
PENSION FUNDS
PENSION REFORMS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIO
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE DEBT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT SECURITIES
PUBLIC GOOD
REPO
RESERVE
RETAIL INVESTORS
RETURNS
RETURNS TO SCALE
RISK DIVERSIFICATION
RISK PROFILES
RULE OF LAW
SCALE EFFECTS
SECURITIES MARKETS
SOLVENCY
STOCK EXCHANGES
STOCK MARKET
STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION
STOCK MARKETS
STOCK TRADING
STOCKS
TAX
TAXATION
TRADING
TRADING PLATFORM
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSITION COUNTRY
UNDERLYING PROBLEM
USE OF COLLATERAL
VALUE ADDED
VALUE OF COLLATERAL
WEALTH
de la Torre, Augusto
Feyen, Erik
Ize, Alain
Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5854
description This paper analyzes the bright and dark sides of the financial development process through the lenses of the four fundamental frictions to which agents are exposed -- information asymmetry, enforcement, collective action, and collective cognition. Financial development is shaped by the efforts of market participants to grind down or circumvent these frictions, a process further spurred by financial innovation and scale and network effects. The analysis leads to broad predictions regarding the sequencing and convexity of the dynamic paths for a battery of financial development indicators. The method used also yields a robust way to benchmark the financial development paths followed by individual countries or regions. The paper explores the reasons for path deviations and gaps relative to the benchmark. Demand-related effects (past output growth), financial crashes, and supply-related effects (the quality of the enabling environment) all play an important role. Informational frictions are easier to overcome than contractual frictions, not least because of the transferability of financial innovation across borders.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author de la Torre, Augusto
Feyen, Erik
Ize, Alain
author_facet de la Torre, Augusto
Feyen, Erik
Ize, Alain
author_sort de la Torre, Augusto
title Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics
title_short Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics
title_full Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics
title_fullStr Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics
title_full_unstemmed Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics
title_sort financial development : structure and dynamics
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111024134059
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3620
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spelling okr-10986-36202021-04-23T14:02:11Z Financial Development : Structure and Dynamics de la Torre, Augusto Feyen, Erik Ize, Alain ACCOUNTING ADVERSE SELECTION ARBITRAGE ASSET MANAGERS ASSETS RATIO ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BANK ASSETS BANK BRANCH BANK CREDIT BANK DEBT BANK DEPOSIT BANK DEPOSITS BANK MARGINS BANK POLICY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BILLS OF EXCHANGE BORROWER BOUNDED RATIONALITY BROKERS CAPITAL ADEQUACY CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITALIZATION CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANKS CHECKING ACCOUNTS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMERCIAL BANKS CONSUMERS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION FAILURES CORPORATE BONDS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CREDIT BUREAUS CREDIT CARD CREDIT DEFAULT CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS CREDIT GROWTH CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT MARKETS CREDITOR CREDITOR RIGHTS CURRENCY MISMATCHES CUSTODY DEBT SECURITIES DEFAULT RISK DEPOSIT DEPOSIT SERVICES DEPOSITS DEREGULATION DERIVATIVE DERIVATIVE MARKETS DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS DERIVATIVES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PATHS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCLOSURE STANDARDS DISEQUILIBRIUM DIVERSIFICATION BENEFITS DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC EQUITIES DOMESTIC EQUITY ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC RENT ECONOMIC RESEARCH EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING ECONOMY ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EQUITY MARKET EQUITY MARKET CAPITALIZATION EQUITY MARKETS EQUITY SECURITIES EXPECTED VALUES EXPORTER EXPOSURE EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL FINANCE FEE INCOME FINANCIAL CONTRACT FINANCIAL CONTRACTS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL FRAGILITY FINANCIAL HISTORY FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL INNOVATION FINANCIAL INSTABILITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FINANCIAL VOLATILITY FIXED COSTS FOREIGN CURRENCY FREE RIDING PROBLEMS FUND MANAGERS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT BOND GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET GOVERNMENT BORROWING GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT DEBT MARKETS GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES HEDGE FUNDS HEDGES INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE PREMIUM INSURANCE PREMIUMS INTEREST INCOME INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTING INVESTMENT BANKS LACK OF COLLATERAL LEGAL RIGHTS LIFE INSURANCE LIMITED LIABILITY LIQUID ASSETS LIQUIDITY LOANABLE FUNDS MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS MARKET ANALYSTS MARKET DEBT MARKET FAILURES MARKET INSTRUMENTS MARKET LIQUIDITY MARKET MECHANISM MARKET PARTICIPANTS MARKET RETURN MARKET SIZE MARKET TURNOVER MARKETABLE ASSETS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MONETARY POLICY MORAL HAZARD MORTGAGE MUTUAL FUND MUTUAL FUND ASSETS MUTUAL FUNDS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NETWORK EXTERNALITIES OFFSHORE CENTER OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTER OPEN ECONOMIES OUTPUT PAYMENT SERVICES PENSION PENSION FUND PENSION FUND ASSETS PENSION FUNDS PENSION REFORMS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE DEBT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBT SECURITIES PUBLIC GOOD REPO RESERVE RETAIL INVESTORS RETURNS RETURNS TO SCALE RISK DIVERSIFICATION RISK PROFILES RULE OF LAW SCALE EFFECTS SECURITIES MARKETS SOLVENCY STOCK EXCHANGES STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION STOCK MARKETS STOCK TRADING STOCKS TAX TAXATION TRADING TRADING PLATFORM TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRY UNDERLYING PROBLEM USE OF COLLATERAL VALUE ADDED VALUE OF COLLATERAL WEALTH This paper analyzes the bright and dark sides of the financial development process through the lenses of the four fundamental frictions to which agents are exposed -- information asymmetry, enforcement, collective action, and collective cognition. Financial development is shaped by the efforts of market participants to grind down or circumvent these frictions, a process further spurred by financial innovation and scale and network effects. The analysis leads to broad predictions regarding the sequencing and convexity of the dynamic paths for a battery of financial development indicators. The method used also yields a robust way to benchmark the financial development paths followed by individual countries or regions. The paper explores the reasons for path deviations and gaps relative to the benchmark. Demand-related effects (past output growth), financial crashes, and supply-related effects (the quality of the enabling environment) all play an important role. Informational frictions are easier to overcome than contractual frictions, not least because of the transferability of financial innovation across borders. 2012-03-19T18:05:42Z 2012-03-19T18:05:42Z 2011-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111024134059 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3620 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5854 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region