Financial Liberalization Index for Nepal

Min Shrestha () and K. Chowdhury ()

International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, 2006, vol. 3, issue 1, 41-54

Abstract: A financial liberalization index (FLI) for Nepal is constructed in order to show the degree or the level of financial liberalization at a particular time. FLI is calculated on the basis of principal components method following Demetriades and Luintel (1997), Bandiera, Caprio et al. (2000), Laeven (2003), and Laurenceson and Chai (2003). The index comprises eight policy components, viz, (1) interest rate deregulation (IRD), (2) removal of entry barriers (REB), (3) reduction in reserve requirement (RRR), (4) easing in credit control (ECC), (5) implementation of prudential rules (IPR), (6) stock market reform (SMR), (7) privatization of state-owned banks (PSB), and (8) external account liberalization (EAL). As some of these policy measures have been implemented in phases, the index is designed to take into account their partial and gradual implementation too.

Keywords: Financial Liberalization; Welfare; Employment; Income Distribution; South Asia; Nepal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G28 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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