Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries

The role of a well-developed and functioning financial system to the growth process of nations is strongly recognized in both the academia and policy cycles. Consequently, the question arose that if financial development is so important to economic growth, then, what determines it is equally worthy...

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Main Authors:	Abubakar, Abdulsalam, Kassim, Salina
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Language:	English English English
Published:	Inderscience Publisher 2018
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HG1501 Banking HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
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spelling	iium-601242019-03-13T06:32:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60124/ Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries Abubakar, Abdulsalam Kassim, Salina H Social Sciences (General) HG1501 Banking HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance The role of a well-developed and functioning financial system to the growth process of nations is strongly recognized in both the academia and policy cycles. Consequently, the question arose that if financial development is so important to economic growth, then, what determines it is equally worthy of attention. This study is inspired by this concern and the fact that financial development in the OIC member countries is low relative to other developing countries. The study investigated the institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in 50 OIC member countries over the period 2003 to 2011. Due to the potentials of country specific effects and endogeneity of explanatory variables, a dynamic panel approach that is system-GMM was employed. The results revealed that overall level of income positively influences financial development, and exchange rate encourages financial depth and lending activities. Financial openness is found to only promote financial depth, while institutional quality only promotes lending activities. On the other hand, inflation stimulates bank private credit and reduces the depth of the financial sector. This mixed results implied that, policy makers in the OIC countries, shall adopt a hybrid of economic and financial policies as well as implement political, legal and governance reforms in order to strike a balance between the needs of both the suppliers and users of funds, enhance financial development and hence promote economic growth. Inderscience Publisher 2018 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60124/6/60124_Institutional%20and%20macroeconomic%20determinants_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60124/20/60124-Institutional%20and%20macroeconomic%20%20%28evidence%20from%20publisher%27s%20website%20for%20MyRA%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60124/21/60124%20-in-press%20article.pdf Abubakar, Abdulsalam and Kassim, Salina (2018) Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries. Global Business and Economics Review, 20 (4). pp. 410-424. ISSN 1097-4954 E-ISSN 1745-1329 (In Press) http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=GBER
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description	The role of a well-developed and functioning financial system to the growth process of nations is strongly recognized in both the academia and policy cycles. Consequently, the question arose that if financial development is so important to economic growth, then, what determines it is equally worthy of attention. This study is inspired by this concern and the fact that financial development in the OIC member countries is low relative to other developing countries. The study investigated the institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in 50 OIC member countries over the period 2003 to 2011. Due to the potentials of country specific effects and endogeneity of explanatory variables, a dynamic panel approach that is system-GMM was employed. The results revealed that overall level of income positively influences financial development, and exchange rate encourages financial depth and lending activities. Financial openness is found to only promote financial depth, while institutional quality only promotes lending activities. On the other hand, inflation stimulates bank private credit and reduces the depth of the financial sector. This mixed results implied that, policy makers in the OIC countries, shall adopt a hybrid of economic and financial policies as well as implement political, legal and governance reforms in order to strike a balance between the needs of both the suppliers and users of funds, enhance financial development and hence promote economic growth.
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author	Abubakar, Abdulsalam Kassim, Salina
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title	Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries
title_short	Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries
title_full	Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries
title_fullStr	Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries
title_full_unstemmed	Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries
title_sort	institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the oic countries
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Institutional and macroeconomic determinants of financial development in the OIC countries

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