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Granularity in banking and growth : does financial openness matter? / Franziska Bremus; Claudia M. Buch
VerfasserBremus, Franziska ; Buch, Claudia M.
ErschienenHalle (Saale) : Inst. für Wirtschaftsforschung, 2013 ; Halle, Saale : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2013
UmfangOnline-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 43 S., 0,55 MB) : graph. Darst.
SpracheEnglisch
SerieIWH-Diskussionspapiere ; 2013,14
URNurn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-23723 
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We explore the impact of large banks and of financial openness for aggregate growth. Large banks matter because of granular effects: if markets are very concentrated in terms of the size distribution of banks idiosyncratic shocks at the bank-level do not cancel out in the aggregate but can affect macroeconomic outcomes. Financial openness may affect GDP growth in and of itself and it may also influence concentration in banking and thus the impact of bank-specific shocks for the aggregate economy. To test these relationships we use different measures of de jure and de facto financial openness in a linked micro-macro panel dataset. Our research has three main findings: First bank-level shocks significantly impact on GDP. Second financial openness lowers GDP growth. Third granular effects tend to be stronger in financially closed economies.