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Table 3 Financial Activity and Public Credit Registries (PCR)

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Financial activity

 

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 Activity

Constant

30.823***

8.230***

11.792***

13.919***

34.575***

77.176***

30.625***

8.482***

11.204***

12.937***

32.985***

78.545***

 

(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

0.962**

−0.298*

0.404**

2.059***

2.207***

2.246*

1.232**

0.238**

0.967***

2.255***

2.477***

2.588**

 

(0.044)

(0.072)

(0.038)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.053)

(0.015)

(0.029)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.018)

PCR × PCR

0.008

0.026***

0.021***

−0.011**

−0.017*

−0.027

0.005

0.001

0.012***

−0.010

−0.024***

−0.035

 

(0.382)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.011)

(0.068)

(0.248)

(0.636)

(0.357)

(0.009)

(0.109)

(0.003)

(0.121)

GDP growth

−0.247

−0.036

−0.162

−0.221*

−0.250

−1.261**

−0.160

−0.027

−0.156

−0.062

−0.153

−1.315***

 

(0.209)

(0.806)

(0.317)

(0.082)

(0.318)

(0.010)

(0.463)

(0.810)

(0.408)

(0.663)

(0.407)

(0.003)

Inflation

−0.057***

0.010

−0.004

−0.017

−0.048*

−0.168***

−0.079***

0.008

−0.005

−0.018

−0.068***

−0.203***

 

(0.001)

(0.234)

(0.744)

(0.258)

(0.050)

(0.001)

(0.004)

(0.443)

(0.754)

(0.127)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Public Invt.

−0.225

0.156*

0.173

0.281**

−0.158

−0.039

−0.249

0.090

0.191

0.141

−0.305*

−0.693*

 

(0.172)

(0.076)

(0.289)

(0.013)

(0.445)

(0.926)

(0.154)

(0.159)

(0.310)

(0.226)

(0.053)

(0.096)

Foreign Aid

−0.691***

−0.058

−0.149*

−0.171**

−0.630***

−1.503**

−0.686***

−0.057

−0.045

−0.129*

−0.449***

−1.297**

 

(0.000)

(0.380)

(0.054)

(0.014)

(0.001)

(0.021)

(0.000)

(0.235)

(0.609)

(0.095)

(0.002)

(0.014)

Trade

−0.044*

−0.046***

−0.035*

−0.016

−0.060*

−0.205***

−0.040

−0.049***

−0.042*

−0.004

−0.045*

−0.170**

 

(0.096)

(0.000)

(0.076)

(0.351)

(0.072)

(0.009)

(0.163)

(0.000)

(0.063)

(0.821)

(0.080)

(0.014)

Net Effects

na

−0.241

0.449

2.183

2.170

na

na

na

0.992

na

2.425

na

Thresholds

na

11.461

Synergy

−187.181

−129.823

na

na

na

Synergy

na

−103.208

na

Pseudo R2/R2

0.286

0.059

0.065

0.140

0.221

0.281

0.291

0.056

0.070

0.144

0.226

0.284

Fisher

28.97***

     

16.35***

     

Observations

295

295

295

295

295

295

259

259

259

259

259

259

 

Panel B: Financial System Activity

Constant

41.611***

7.677***

11.309***

13.722***

35.390***

78.668***

41.452***

7.924***

10.568***

13.352***

34.324***

79.159***

 

(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

0.570

−0.142

0.522***

2.066***

2.409***

2.257

0.822

0.193

0.912***

2.175***

2.553***

2.631

 

(0.316)

(0.371)

(0.002)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.186)

(0.183)

(0.173)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.175)

PCR × PCR

0.016

0.020***

0.020***

−0.011***

−0.023*

−0.027

0.014

0.004

0.013***

−0.007

−0.026***

−0.036

 

(0.163)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.007)

(0.064)

(0.421)

(0.324)

(0.101)

(0.000)

(0.259)

(0.008)

(0.372)

GDP growth

−0.349

−0.012

−0.125

−0.230*

−0.219

−1.256**

−0.258

−0.035

−0.185

−0.088

−0.177

−1.325*

 

(0.179)

(0.927)

(0.356)

(0.055)

(0.468)

(0.045)

(0.364)

(0.812)

(0.148)

(0.551)

(0.454)

(0.087)

Inflation

−0.073***

0.015*

0.001

−0.015

−0.046

−0.168***

−0.101***

0.011

−0.036*

−0.018

−0.068***

−0.202**

 

(0.000)

(0.050)

(0.877)

(0.300)

(0.135)

(0.008)

(0.003)

(0.441)

(0.089)

(0.145)

(0.001)

(0.017)

Public Invt.

−0.178

0.174**

0.233*

0.312***

−0.227

−0.080

−0.220

0.141

0.263*

0.183

−0.359*

−0.567

 

(0.420)

(0.037)

(0.083)

(0.004)

(0.408)

(0.885)

(0.354)

(0.423)

(0.096)

(0.163)

(0.081)

(0.397)

Foreign Aid

−1.032***

−0.026

−0.049

−0.170**

−0.643***

−1.506*

−1.026***

−0.011

−0.020

−0.141*

−0.428**

−1.273

 

(0.000)

(0.675)

(0.451)

(0.010)

(0.009)

(0.073)

(0.000)

(0.862)

(0.767)

(0.083)

(0.020)

(0.171)

Trade

−0.105**

−0.052***

−0.054***

−0.018

−0.060

−0.217**

−0.100**

−0.048***

−0.036**

−0.008

−0.054

−0.184

 

(0.010)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.273)

(0.169)

(0.032)

(0.023)

(0.000)

(0.045)

(0.657)

(0.102)

(0.132)

Net Effects

na

na

0.565

2.042

2.359

na

na

na

0.940

na

2.496

na

Thresholds

na

7.100

Synergy

−187.181

−104.739

na

na

na

Synergy

na

−98.192

na

Pseudo R2/R2

0.187

0.054

0.059

0.119

0.174

0.213

0.186

0.051

0.063

0.122

0.178

0.210

Fisher

19.41***

     

11.35***

     

Observations

297

297

297

297

297

297

261

261

261

261

261

261

  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 activity is least. na not applicable because corresponding estimates needed for computation are not significant. P values in parenthesis