Does governance quality matter for the development of financial institutions in Pakistan?
Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences
ISSN: 2054-6238
Article publication date: 5 July 2021
Issue publication date: 9 May 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Governance quality has been a dominant factor to formulate policies for the development of financial institutions in the world. Therefore, this study aims to explore the impact of governance quality on financial institutions along with globalization in the case of Pakistan.
Design/methodology/approach
Time series data from 1996 to 2018 are considered for analysis. The NG-Perron is applied to check the order of integration. In addition, Kim and Perron (2009) structural break unit root test is used to identify break years. The autoregressive distributive lags (ARDL) bound testing approach is used to detect the long-run association among governance quality, financial institutions and globalization.
Findings
The results of unit root analysis show that all series are stationary at a different level of integration, I(0)/I(1). However, the long-run association is detected in the presence of break years. The authors find a positive impact of governance quality to determine financial institutions in the long-short-run. Similarly, globalization also enhances financial institutions but only in long run.
Originality/value
This study fills the gap in the economic literature by exploring the linkages between the financial institution and disaggregated governance indicators in the case of Pakistan. Moreover, a role of structural break is also captured during analysis. This study also opens some new insights for policymaking.
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Acknowledgements
Funding Source: Funding is not available for this research.
Conflict of Interest: The Authors do not have any conflict of interest.
Data Availability Statement: The data is not available for this manuscript as no new data is created.
The authors are thankful to the Editor and anonymous reviewers for providing valuable suggestions to improve the quality of the paper. This research does not receive any funding.
Citation
Ahad, M. and Imran, Z.A. (2023), "Does governance quality matter for the development of financial institutions in Pakistan?", Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. 39 No. 2, pp. 400-425. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-03-2021-0061
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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