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dc.contributor.authorKebede, Jeleta
dc.contributor.authorSelvanathan, Saroja
dc.contributor.authorNaranpanawa, Athula
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-22T04:33:32Z
dc.date.available2021-06-22T04:33:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn0264-9993
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.econmod.2021.105572
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/405270
dc.description.abstractFinancial inclusion is recognized as a key factor for promoting social development, inclusive growth, equal opportunity, and human development. Despite the consensus regarding the importance of financial inclusion, little is known about its nexus with cross-border banking in an ever-increasing financial globalization. We examine the effect of foreign bank presence on the various dimensions of financial inclusion using panel data for 17 African countries from 2004 to 2018. We find that foreign banks reduce financial inclusion when the degree of foreign bank presence is high. We show that the effect of foreign bank presence on financial inclusion depends on institutional quality, with its impact turning from negative to positive when institutional quality increases to a higher level. The results are robust to different sensitivity analyses. Our results imply that promoting institutional quality is essential to use foreign bank presence as an opportunity for ensuring an inclusive financial system.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEconomic Modelling
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconometrics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBanking, finance and investment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3802
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3502
dc.titleForeign bank presence, institutional quality, and financial inclusion: Evidence from Africa
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKebede, J; Selvanathan, S; Naranpanawa, A, Foreign bank presence, institutional quality, and financial inclusion: Evidence from Africa, Economic Modelling, 2021
dc.date.updated2021-06-22T01:39:23Z
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gro.griffith.authorSelvanathan, Saroja
gro.griffith.authorNaranpanawa, Athula


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