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The Effect of Financial Liberalization on Economic Growth: The Case of Egypt and Saudi Arabia  

MANSOUR, Hoda (Finance Department, College of Business Administration, University of Business and Technology)
HASSAN, Soliman (Finance Department, Faculty of Commerce, Assuit University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.8, no.11, 2021 , pp. 203-212 More about this Journal
Abstract
Theoretically, economic growth necessitates financial liberalization. Thus, the current research examines the effect of financial liberalization on economic growth in emerging nations, with a particular focus on Egypt and Saudi Arabia. To determine this effect, the study employs a model that uses Gross Domestic Product growth as the dependent variable and the following macroeconomic variables as financial liberalization indices: Broad money as a percentage of GDP, Domestic bank credit to the private sector as a percentage of GDP, Monetary sector credit to the private sector as a percentage of GDP, Net inflows of foreign direct investment as a percentage of GDP. All data is annual data of Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the period 1970-2018 obtained from the World Bank open data website. The empirical investigation employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach. The findings indicate that, after more than three decades of implementation, both countries' financial and external liberalization policies do not have a favorable effect on their economies' growth rates. Additionally, this study has led us to conclude that any financial liberalization policy in both countries must be preceded by the strengthening of these countries' financial development and institutional frameworks, as well as the achievement of macroeconomic stability.
Keywords
Financial Liberalization; Economic Growth; Egypt; Saudi Arabia;
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