Financial inclusion and financial crisis: arguments, stylized facts and evidence

Peterson Ozili

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The literature has examined the relationship between financial inclusion and financial stability, but no studies have examined the relationship between financial inclusion and financial crisis. This study examines the effect of financial inclusion on financial crisis using data from 28 countries from 2006 to 2017. Three stylised facts were established based on real world observation. One, the level of financial inclusion, in terms of number of bank depositors, decreases during domestic financial crisis. Two, the level of financial inclusion, in terms of ATM penetration, does not decrease during global and domestic financial crises. Three, the level of financial inclusion, in terms of number of bank branch, decreases during global and domestic financial crises and the contraction is stronger during a domestic financial crisis. Using the panel regression, logit and probit regression estimation methods, the empirical results show that low levels of financial inclusion, measured by fewer bank depositors and fewer bank branches, increase the likelihood that a financial crisis will occur. Low levels of financial inclusion, measured by fewer bank depositors, increase the likelihood that a financial crisis will occur in low financial-inclusion countries. In contrast, greater ATM penetration increases the likelihood that a financial crisis will occur in low financial-inclusion countries. The interaction analyses show that all indices of financial inclusion have a joint positive impact on financial crisis, implying that high levels of financial inclusion increases the likelihood that a financial crisis will occur.

Keywords: Financial crisis; financial inclusion; index; bank branches; ATM; bank depositors. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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