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Does financial inclusion spur growth in BRICS countries? Evidence from a panel smooth transition regression model

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  • Tafadzwa Ruzive
  • Charles Wait
  • Andrew Phiri

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The World Bank financial development agenda highlights financial inclusion as a lever for growth. Policymakers in BRICS economies have selected financial inclusion as a policy tool to spur growth. This article analyses the nature and presence of the financial inclusion-growth nexus in BRICS economies over the period 2004-2018. Using a panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) framework, we find that number of automated teller machines (ATMs) positively affect growth and this effect is diminished after crossing its identified threshold; microcredit borrowing has a negative effect on growth which is enhanced after crossing its threshold point; and microfinance savings has a positive effect on growth of which this positive effect is enhanced after crossing its threshold level. Conversely, all measures of financial inclusion are shown to exhibit increasing returns to scale on total factor productivity. These findings are robust to an alternative use indexed measure of financial inclusion constructed using principal component analysis. Policy implications of these findings are discussed.

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  • Tafadzwa Ruzive & Charles Wait & Andrew Phiri, 2021. "Does financial inclusion spur growth in BRICS countries? Evidence from a panel smooth transition regression model," International Journal of Sustainable Economy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(3), pages 281-305.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsuse:v:13:y:2021:i:3:p:281-305
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