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Capital was later introduced by classical economic theory as the key element. Without significant capital accumulation, all other production factors remain idle. The value added of the production process is a result of the existence, the accessibility and the cost of capital. Therefore, the development and the sophistication of the financial sector has gradually become very important for any nation interested in sustainable growth. This paper investigates the impact of financial sector development, sophistication and performance on economic growth based on a panel regression methodology. We found statistically significant results that confirm the importance of this connection and that are very consistent with economic theory and previous relevant articles and studies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su11061713","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,21]],"date-time":"2019-03-21T12:28:01Z","timestamp":1553171281000},"page":"1713","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["The Impact of Financial Sector Development and Sophistication on Sustainable Economic Growth"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5057-3750","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristian Valeriu","family":"Paun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1964-9048","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Radu Cristian","family":"Musetescu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vladimir Mihai","family":"Topan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dan Constantin","family":"Danuletiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201c1 Decembrie 1918\u201d, University of Alba Iulia, 51009 Alba Iulia, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2401","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1540-6261.2003.00610.x","article-title":"Financial Development, Property Rights and Growth","volume":"58","author":"Claessens","year":"2003","journal-title":"J. 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