Spatial spillover and impact factors of the internet finance development in China

Jie Huang, Wenshuang Zhang and Weihua Ruan

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, vol. 527, issue C

Abstract: Using the social network analysis and quadratic assignment procedure method, this paper analyzes the network characteristic and impact factors of internet finance development in China. Some interesting findings emerge that: (i) the network characteristic exists in China’s regional internet finance development; (ii) some provinces, such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Beijing, are at the core position of the network and play the leading role of China’s internet finance development; (iii) the spillover is mainly caused by the provinces located in the coastal area in China, and the relationships out of the blocks are far more than it intra block; (iv) the difference in economic development, industrial structure, traditional finance development level, and geography distance have a significant negative effect on the spillover of IF development. Our results may have some implications for policymakers.

Keywords: Internet finance; Nonlinear Granger causality test; Spatial spillover; Social network analysis (SNA); Quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2019.121390

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