Country-level institutional quality and financial system efficiency: An international evidence.

ABSTRACT: The optimum economic outcome of financial system development depends on its level of efficiency. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of institutional quality on financial system efficiency. For empirical analysis, we have used a panel dataset of 108 countries from 1996-2020 and employed fixed effect regression and two stages least squares (2SLS) regression methods. The empirical results show that institutional quality has a significant positive effect on financial system efficiency. Particularly all the constituting elements-voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, regulatory quality, government effectiveness, rule of law, and control of corruption-of institutional quality are found to have a significant positive impact on financial system e

SUBMITTER: Khan MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10470926 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature