scholarly journals Revisiting stock market development and economic growth nexus: The moderating role of foreign capital inflows and exchange rates

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1329975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Enamul Hoque ◽  
Noor Azuddin Yakob ◽  
Robinson Kruse
2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-322
Author(s):  
Kunofiwa Tsaurai ◽  
Nicholas M. Odhiambo

In this study we examine the dynamic nexus between stock market development and economic growth – using time-series data from Zimbabwe. The causal relationship between stock market development and economic growth has been a subject of extensive debate in recent years. In an attempt to address the omission-of-variable bias, which has not been addressed by many previous studies, we have incorporated savings as a third variable in the bivariate setting between stock market development and economic growth – thereby creating a multivariate simulation. The study uses the Johansen–Juselius (Johansen and Juselius, 1990) (maximum likelihood) and a dynamic specification model to examine this linkage. The empirical results reveal that there is a distinct causal flow from stock market development to economic growth – without any feedback in Zimbabwe. The results also show that there is a unidirectional causal flow from savings to economic growth, and from stock market development to savings.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 768-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah ◽  
Ly Slesman ◽  
Evelyn Shyamala Devadason

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-363
Author(s):  
Kunofiwa Tsaurai ◽  
Nicholas M. Odhiambo

This paper takes stock of the achievements, the trends, as well as the challenges facing the stock market development in Zimbabwe. The study has been motivated by the recent debate on the role of stock market development in economic growth in developing countries. Apart from highlighting the role of stock market development, as well as the efficacy of the stock market in bolstering economic growth in Zimbabwe, the study also pinpoints some of the factors that limit the stock market development in Zimbabwe. The findings of this study show that the experience of Zimbabwe with stock market development, just as in many other developing countries, is mixed. In particular, the positive influence of stock market development on savings and investment remains low in Zimbabwe. While stock market development has been increasing, the country’s gross domestic savings and investment have been low and subsiding. This suggests that Zimbabwe’s gross national savings could be stock market development inelastic.


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