Financial sector development and access to finance. Does size say it all?

Céline Gimet and Thomas Lagoarde-Segot

Emerging Markets Review, 2012, vol. 13, issue 3, 316-337

Abstract: This paper analyzes what features of financial systems can strengthen the linkages between banks and economic development. We investigate whether a set of banking and capital market characteristics can improve the ability of banks to provide increased credit flows to the private sector, while simultaneously improving financial inclusion for the poor. We analyze the determinants of both macro-level lending conditions and micro-level access to finance using a set of Panel Vector Error Correction Models and GMM estimations in a panel of 138 countries for the 2002–2009 time periods. Results converge to suggest that rather than focusing solely on banking sector size, financial policy should seek to foster inter banks competition, develop appropriate macro-prudential safeguards, promote capital market development. In addition, improved access to finance requires adequate civil rights and support to entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Finance; Development; Institutions; GMM; PVEC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 F32 F36 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2011.11.002

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