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Financial innovation and economic growth in the SADC

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  • Alex Bara
  • Gift Mugano
  • Pierre Le Roux

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This study empirically establishes the causal relationship between financial innovation and economic growth in the SADC. Using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model, estimated by Pooled Mean Group and Dynamic Fixed Effects, the study finds that financial innovation generally has a positive relationship with economic growth in the long run for the SADC. Introducing Mobile Banking props up the role of financial innovation in growth in the SADC. The long-run estimations show mixed effects on proxy variables other than Mobile Banking, strengthening the importance of having appropriate measures for financial innovation. Panel Granger causality tests establish that there is no causality, in any direction, between financial innovation and growth, both in the short and long run.

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  • Alex Bara & Gift Mugano & Pierre Le Roux, 2016. "Financial innovation and economic growth in the SADC," African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(5-6), pages 483-495, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rajsxx:v:8:y:2016:i:5-6:p:483-495
    DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2016.1226705
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    1. Ofori, Pamela E. & Ofori, Isaac K., 2024. "The Impact of Frontier Technology Adoption on Gender Inequality: Evidence from Africa," EconStor Preprints 298789, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    2. AYODELE, Oluwafemi Godwin & AFOLABI, Taofeek Sola, 2023. "Impact of Financial Innovation on the Competitiveness of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 10(10), pages 23-36, October.
    3. Ofori, Isaac K. & Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y. & Vezzulli, Andrea, 2024. "Heterogeneous Effects of Frontier Technology Readiness on Economic Growth in Africa," EconStor Preprints 298787, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    4. Ofori, Isaac K. & Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y. & Ojong, Nathanael, 2024. "Heterogeneous Effects of Frontier Technology Readiness on Economic Growth in Africa," MPRA Paper 121247, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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