Does governance quality matter in the nexus of inclusive finance and stability?

Mallika Saha and Kumar Debasis Dutta

China Finance Review International, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 121-139

Abstract: Purpose - Despite numerous evidence of policy trade-off in financial inclusion-stability nexus, little is known about the role of governance quality to align policy goals and maximizing the social benefits. Therefore, to fill the gap, this study focuses to investigate the moderating effect of country governance (CG) in the interplay between financial-inclusion (FI) and financial-stability (FS), using a large panel of 84 economies covering the years 2004–2017. Design/methodology/approach - For attaining this objective, the study constructs several indexes for FI, FS and CG using principal component analysis (PCA) and examines how FI influences FS at different CG levels applying advanced econometrics. Findings - The results show that CG plays a very crucial role in eradicating the trade-off and strengthens the synergy between FI and FS. The findings are insensitive to several robustness validations and could be constructive for policymakers to devise policies and to ensure financial stability. Originality/value - As far as the authors are aware, this is the only paper that empirically explains CG's role in FI-FS nexus.

Keywords: Financial inclusion indexes; Financial stability; Governance quality; Principal component analysis; 3SLS; Two step system-GMM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/CFRI-08-2021-0166

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