Lightening the path to financial development: The power of electricity

Lei Pan, Richard Dwumfour and Veasna Kheng

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2024, vol. 71, issue 3, 276-294

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of access to electricity on financial development. In doing so, we use a number of instrumental variables (IV) approaches. Using panel data for 38 countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa over the period 2000–2018, the results suggest that more people having access to electricity can promote financial development. In addition, mobile phone and commercial bank branches diffusion serve as potential channels through which access to electricity affects financial development. Our results are robust to sample‐splitting and different estimation techniques. The results have important implications for policies in overcoming barriers to electricity access.

Date: 2024
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