Handbook of Finance and Development

Edited by Thorsten Beck, Florence School of Banking and Finance, European University Institute, Italy and Ross Levine, Stanford University, US

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between financial and real sector development. The different chapters, written by leading contributors in the field, survey research on the importance of financial development for economic growth, the causes and consequences of financial fragility, the historic development of financial systems in several major economies and regions of the world, and the regulatory and supervisory underpinnings of financial sector development.