Corruption Control, Government Effectiveness and Banking Stability: Does Corruption Grease or Sand the Wheels?

Faris ALShubiri, Syed Ahsan Jamil () and Samia Fekir ()
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Syed Ahsan Jamil: Dhofar University
Samia Fekir: Jouf University

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, No 109, 2656-2681

Abstract: Abstract The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between corruption control, government effectiveness and banking stability in 21 countries during the period of 2003–2019. The study used many estimators to overcome heterogeneity and endogeneity issues as well as diagnostic tests to increase robustness. The unit root test results showed that all variables were stationary. The Pedroni, Kao and Westerlund cointegration test results supported the rejection of the null hypothesis of no cointegration, confirming the long-run effects of corruption control and government effectiveness on banking stability. In addition, FMOLS and DOLS were used to control endogeneity. The dynamic panel data estimator results revealed a significant negative relationship between corruption control, government effectiveness and banking stability in high-income countries. The low-income country results indicated that the opposite scenario was true for most estimations. The middle- and high-income country results were the same for the corruption control, government effectiveness and banking stability nexus but different for government effectiveness and banking stability. The main conclusions of the study were that countries with high corruption control enhance banking stability growth by employing the grease the wheels hypothesis under high levels of government effectiveness and countries with low corruption control impede banking stability growth by applying the sands the wheels hypothesis under low levels of government effectiveness.

Keywords: Corruption control; Government effectiveness; Banking stability; Institutional quality; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 D73 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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