Andini, Corrado2018-06-112018-06-112009-04Andini, Corrado (2009). "Financial intermediation and growth : causality and causes without outliers". Portuguese Economic Journal, 9(2):15-221617-982X (print)1617-9838 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/15586In a seminal paper, Levine et al. (J Monet Econ 46:31–77, 2000) provide cross-sectional evidence showing that financial development has pos- itive average impact on long-run growth, using a sample of 71 countries. We argue that the evidence is sensitive to the presence of outliers.engFinancial developmentEconomic growthjournal article10.1007/s10258-009-0035-y