Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2017.1383179
Financial development and firm growth in Turkish manufacturing industry: evidence from heterogeneous panel based non-causality test
Mert Topcu
; Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Nevsehir, Turkey
Serap Çoban
; Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Nevsehir, Turkey
Abstract
Inspired by the finance-led growth hypothesis at the aggregate
level, this study predicates this hypothesis on microfoundations to
investigate the causality between financial development and firm
growth in Turkish manufacturing industry during the period 1989–
2010. To this end, a recently developed non-causality approach
proposed by Dumitrescu and Hurlin is applied. Empirical results in
which heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence are taken into
consideration reveal the validity of a supply-leading hypothesis for
the overwhelming majority of the subsectors. This result seems robust
across the subsectors, regardless of the financial development proxy.
On the other hand, there is also evidence that the results for the proxy
of firm growth are not uniform across subsectors.
Keywords
Financial development; firm growth; Turkish manufacturing industry; panel causality
Hrčak ID:
193210
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2017.
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