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Table 2 Financial Efficiency and Public Credit Registries (PCR)

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Financial efficiency

 

Contemporary

Non-Contemporary

 

OLS

Q.10

Q.25

Q.50

Q.75

Q.90

OLS

Q.10

Q.25

Q.50

Q.75

Q.90

 

Panel A: Banking System Efficiency

Constant

94.940***

51.283***

75.054***

97.130***

108.35***

136.29***

92.993***

53.000***

74.958***

90.832***

107.44***

141.33***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

PCR

1.553***

1.476**

2.380***

1.695***

1.846***

0.219

1.798***

1.716**

2.513***

1.739***

1.996**

0.406

 

(0.003)

(0.021)

(0.001)

(0.003)

(0.009)

(0.813)

(0.001)

(0.017)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.033)

(0.748)

PCR × PCR

−0.022**

−0.004

−0.033**

−0.020

−0.028*

−0.009

−0.026**

−0.020

−0.033

−0.019

−0.031

−0.011

 

(0.038)

(0.738)

(0.037)

(0.146)

(0.072)

(0.605)

(0.028)

(0.182)

(0.062)

(0.100)

(0.126)

(0.677)

GDP growth

0.274

0.754**

0.089

−0.416

−0.290

0.604

0.308

1.295***

0.544

0.097

−0.570

−0.199

 

(0.459)

(0.046)

(0.836)

(0.825)

(0.589)

(0.332)

(0.394)

(0.000)

(0.202)

(0.781)

(0.425)

(0.811)

Inflation

−0.0008***

0.0008***

0.00009

−0.0007***

−0.001***

−0.002***

−0.035*

0.022***

−0.031

−0.013*

−0.032***

−0.058***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.650)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.064)

(0.001)

(0.091)

(0.083)

(0.003)

(0.000)

Public Invt.

−0.897**

−0.422

−0.364

−0.630*

−0.909*

−1.151***

−0.806**

−0.461

−0.441

−0.593

−0.528

−1.307**

 

(0.010)

(0.236)

(0.422)

(0.074)

(0.065)

(0.003)

(0.015)

(0.410)

(0.327)

(0.068)

(0.258)

(0.012)

Foreign Aid

−0.531***

0.094

−0.249

−0.334

−0.524*

−1.244***

−0.442**

0.093

−0.217

−0.242

−0.487

−1.322**

 

(0.007)

(0.663)

(0.364)

(0.120)

(0.075)

(0.002)

(0.018)

(0.759)

(0.412)

(0.219)

(0.143)

(0.012)

Trade

−0.200***

−0.182***

−0.243***

−0.274***

−0.197***

−0.144*

−0.191***

−0.227***

−0.252***

−0.229***

−0.194**

−0.172

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.004)

(0.096)

(0.000)

(0.002)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.016)

(0.121)

Net Effects

1.505

na

1.632

na

1.785

na

1.741

na

na

na

na

na

Thresholds

−70.590

na

−72.121

na

−65.928

na

−69.153

na

na

na

na

na

Pseudo R2/R2

0.123

0.105

0.107

0.098

0.065

0.105

0.136

0.127

0.121

0.097

0.079

0.117

Fisher

12.30***

     

6.31***

     

Observations

300

300

300

300

300

300

266

266

266

266

266

266

 

Panel B: Financial System Efficiency

Constant

118.54***

52.173***

80.562***

102.34***

115.69***

172.58***

116.25***

50.204***

76.552***

99.911***

109.99***

170.07***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

PCR

0.725

1.690**

2.147***

1.386***

1.539*

−0.676

0.906

1.993***

2.359***

1.924***

2.018**

−0.823

 

(0.248)

(0.016)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.053)

(0.747)

(0.183)

(0.008)

(0.001)

(0.000)

(0.015)

(0.778)

PCR × PCR

−0.006

−0.010

−0.027*

−0.016

−0.023

0.003

−0.008

−0.022

−0.031*

−0.024***

−0.032*

0.025

 

(0.633)

(0.460)

(0.072)

(0.137)

(0.191)

(0.942)

(0.553)

(0.168)

(0.055)

(0.006)

(0.076)

(0.681)

GDP growth

−0.216

0.851***

0.125

−0.818***

−0.999

−0.838

0.053

1.543***

0.595

0.049

−0.661

−0.684

 

(0.631)

(0.005)

(0.780)

(0.008)

(0.115)

(0.464)

(0.902)

(0.000)

(0.119)

(0.849)

(0.274)

(0.681)

Inflation

−0.161***

−0.148***

−0.031

−0.114***

−0.172

−0.257***

−0.235**

−0.150**

−0.246***

−0.291***

−0.164***

−0.323***

 

(0.004)

(0.000)

(0.463)

(0.003)

(0.112)

(0.001)

(0.022)

(0.014)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.004)

Public Invt.

−0.976**

−0.530

−0.528

−0.374

−0.838

−1.287*

−0.958**

−0.339

−0.418

−0.479**

−0.517

−1.283

 

(0.020)

(0.149)

(0.223)

(0.175)

(0.130)

(0.075)

(0.023)

(0.439)

(0.318)

(0.045)

(0.317)

(0.208)

Foreign Aid

−1.116***

0.072

−0.431*

−0.556***

−0.510

−1.678*

−1.045***

0.194

−0.239

−0.445***

−0.288

−1.637

 

(0.002)

(0.769)

(0.092)

(0.001)

(0.133)

(0.071)

(0.004)

(0.531)

(0.338)

(0.002)

(0.357)

(0.212)

Trade

−0.315***

−0.172***

−0.261***

−0.283***

−0.231***

−0.288*

−0.305***

−0.234***

−0.250***

−0.299***

−0.225***

−0.320

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.002)

(0.053)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.002)

(0.116)

Net Effects

na

na

2.088

na

na

na

na

na

2.292

1.872

1.949

na

Thresholds

na

na

−79.518

na

na

na

na

na

−76.096

−80.166

−63.062

na

Pseudo R2/R2

0.127

0.094

0.114

0.105

0.054

0.099

0.126

0.114

0.117

0.100

0.060

0.094

Fisher

8.87***

     

7.28***

     

Observations

295

295

295

295

295

295

259

259

259

259

259

259

  1. *,**,***: significance levels of 10, 5 and 1% respectively. GDPg GDP growth rate, Public Invt public investment, OLS ordinary least squares. R2 for OLS and Pseudo R2 for quantile regression. Lower quantiles (e.g., Q 0.1) signify nations where financial efficiency is least. na not applicable because corresponding estimates needed for computation are not significant. P values in parenthesis