Financial inclusion and macroeconomic stability in emerging and frontier markets

Anh Vo, Loan Thi-Hong Van, Duc Hong Vo and Michael McAleer
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Loan Thi-Hong Van: Business and Economics Research Group. Ho Chi Minh City Open University. Vietnam.
Duc Hong Vo: Business and Economics Research Group. Ho Chi Minh City Open University. Vietnam.

No 2019-01, Documentos de Trabajo del ICAE from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico

Abstract: Financial inclusion, being considered as a key enabler to reducing poverty and boosting prosperity in emerging and frontier markets such as Vietnam, is the process in which individuals and small businesses are provided with an access to useful and affordable financial products and services. The extant literature on the empirical evidence regarding the contribution of financial inclusion to macroeconomic stability is mixed. This paper investigates the linkages between financial inclusion and macroeconomic stability, which has not yet been thoroughly examined in the literature, for 22 emerging and frontier economies from 2008 to 2015, with particular focus on a potential optimal level. Using the panel threshold estimation technique, the empirical findings show that financial inclusion, as approximated by the growth rate in the number of bank branches over 100,000 account holders, is found to enhance financial stability under a certain threshold. Financial inclusion is also found to be of benefit to maintaining stable inflation and output growth. Policy implications are also discussed on the basis of the important empirical findings.

Keywords: Financial inclusion; Macroeconomic stability; Panel threshold; Emerging and frontier markets. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C62 F65 O16 P45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2019-01
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Journal Article: FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY IN EMERGING AND FRONTIER MARKETS (2019)
Working Paper: Financial Inclusion and Macroeconomic Stability in Emerging and Frontier Markets (2018)
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