1. What are the main roles that financial intermediaries play in the financial system?
2. Compare and contrast direct finance and indirect finance. Which is more likely to have a larger share of the total financial market in a mature economy? In a young economy? Why?
3. What is the difference between a primary market and a secondary market? Which market is bigger for equity securities?
4. What is the relationship between the efficiency of a financial system and the rate of economic growth?