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Impact of Financial Development on Economic Growth in Iran

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Always, financial sector has a central role in development and economic growth. Hence the relationship between financial development and economic growth appears to be essential. This article examines the impact of financial development on economic growth, with consider other variables affecting the economic growth, such as ratio of commercial, domestic investment and interest rate.
The time period used in this study is related to the years 1980 to 2013. It also explains their method of distribution breaks (ARDL) is used to assess relationships between variables.
This study estimates a relationship between variables within a Auto regressive Distributed Lag framework over the periods. The results of this study represents a significant and positive impact of financial development on economic growth. Also domestic investment has a positive and significant impact on economic growth, and Interest rate has a significant negative impact on economic growth.
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