“…An abundance of the literature is present on the association between finance and economic growth (e.g., (King & Levine, 1993a;Levine, 1999Levine, , 2005). First, a large number of literature presented by (e.g., (Boot & Thakor, 1997;Coccorese & Shaffer, 2021;Diamond, 1984;Silva, Tabak, & Laiz, 2021;Stulz, 2000;Yanik, Binte Osman, & Ozturk, 2020) on banks role and allocation of capital for economic development; very few studies conducted with the perspective of stock market uniqueness and role in the allocation of funds and boosting market performance (e.g., (Allen, Gale, et al, 2000;Arestis, Demetriades, & Luintel, 2001;Sulong, Saleem, & Ahmed, 2018)). In addition, the empirical shreds of evidence are limited for equity market development for market performances.…”