Financial Development and Structure Dataset

Abstract

This dataset contains annual data starting from 1960. It has been last updated in September 2019 and contains data through 2017 for 31 indicators, capturing various aspects of financial institutions and markets.The compiled data permits the construction of financial structure indicators to measure whether, for example, a country's banks are larger, more active, and more efficient than its stock markets. These indicators can then be used to investigate the empirical link between the legal, regulatory, and policy environment and indicators of financial structure. They can also be used to analyze the implications of financial structure for economic growth.