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Table 6 Financial Efficiency and Private Credit Bureaus (PCB)

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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

88.443***

44.574***

80.573***

93.307***

98.604***

109.59***

87.666***

45.151***

76.586***

90.431***

102.67***

111.74***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

PCB

0.741

0.808

0.612

0.748

0.847*

1.229

0.560

0.695

−0.481

0.111

0.806

0.829

 

(0.155)

(0.053)

(0.275)

(0.123)

(0.099)

(0.465)

(0.351)

(0.201)

(0.402)

(0.832)

(0.186)

(0.563)

PCB × PCB

−0.004

−0.009

−0.003

−0.0007

−0.004

−0.013

−0.001

−0.005

0.016

0.009

−0.004

−0.008

 

(0.633)

(0.194)

(0.760)

(0.928)

(0.628)

(0.638)

(0.873)

(0.582)

(0.126)

(0.342)

(0.705)

(0.724)

GDP growth

0.355

0.695***

0.591

−0.177

−0.396

0.094

0.407

1.104***

0.694

−0.0003

−0.396

0.353

 

(0.312)

(0.002)

(0.202)

(0.621)

(0.354)

(0.927)

(0.234)

(0.001)

(0.127)

(0.999)

(0.392)

(0.700)

Inflation

−0.0007***

0.0008***

0.00004

−0.0004***

−0.001***

−0.002***

−0.035*

0.017

−0.036*

−0.013

−0.033***

−0.051***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.844)

(0.003)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.074)

(0.134)

(0.075)

(0.135)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Public Invt.

−0.787**

−0.349

−1.099**

0.163

−0.249

−1.021

−0.760**

−0.394

−0.966**

0.101

−0.361

−1.337

 

(0.030)

(0.218)

(0.018)

(0.601)

(0.408)

(0.490)

(0.033)

(0.314)

(0.048)

(0.749)

(0.295)

(0.140)

Foreign Aid

−0.255

0.141

−0.430

−0.426**

−0.341

0.029

−0.221

0.132

−0.113

−0.329

−0.432**

−0.369

 

(0.178)

(0.551)

(0.128)

(0.041)

(0.101)

(0.962)

(0.220)

(0.679)

(0.799)

(0.138)

(0.045)

(0.397)

Trade

−0.165***

−0.104**

−0.241***

−0.290***

−0.115**

−0.041

−0.152***

−0.118*

−0.238***

−0.249***

−0.130**

0.050

 

(0.001)

(0.028)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.020)

(0.776)

(0.003)

(0.089)

(0.001)

(0.000)

(0.014)

(0.646)

Net Effects

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Thresholds

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Pseudo R2/R2

0.154

0.107

0.090

0.091

0.112

0.138

0.146

0.115

0.094

0.074

0.109

0.141

Fisher

12.43***

     

5.92***

     

Observations

301

301

301

301

301

301

267

267

267

267

267

267

 

Panel B: Financial System Efficiency

Constant

102.50***

38.143***

82.274***

104.06***

112.69***

127.76***

100.61***

40.685***

77.337***

101.21***

109.93***

114.81***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.00)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

PCB

−0.047

1.317***

0.665

0.142

0.179

−2.391***

−0.628

1.024*

0.106

0.072

−0.311

−2.035**

 

(0.949)

(0.000)

(0.216)

(0.699)

(0.753)

(0.000)

(0.421)

(0.052)

(0.866)

(0.686)

(0.558)

(0.012)

PCB × PCB

0.023

−0.017***

−0.003

0.015**

0.035***

0.094***

0.034**

−0.011

0.005

0.016**

0.044***

0.086***

 

(0.122)

(0.002)

(0.718)

(0.021)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.031)

(0.204)

(0.655)

(0.040)

(0.000)

(0.000)

GDP growth

0.079

1.002***

0.710

−0.594**

−0.928

−0.142

0.392

1.403***

0.927*

−0.069

−0.733

0.163

 

(0.851)

(0.000)

(0.123)

(0.029)

(0.100)

(0.921)

(0.341)

(0.000)

(0.062)

(0.826)

(0.136)

(0.885)

Inflation

−0.136**

0.006

−0.251***

−0.103***

−0.161*

−0.130

−0.220*

−0.133***

−0.430***

−0.393***

−0.172***

−0.191**

 

(0.027)

(0.781)

(0.000)

(0.002)

(0.099)

(0.165)

(0.071)

(0.008)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.029)

Public Invt.

−0.934**

−0.149

−1.189***

0.010

−0.057

−0.934

−0.968**

−0.235

−0.953*

−0.026

−0.270

−0.789

 

(0.033)

(0.561)

(0.007)

(0.967)

(0.906)

(0.617)

(0.031)

(0.503)

(0.082)

(0.925)

(0.395)

(0.372)

Foreign Aid

−0.411*

0.265

−0.384

−0.545***

−0.351

−0.355

−0.389*

0.276

−0.283

−0.396**

−0.336

−0.129

 

(0.063)

(0.194)

(0.166)

(0.001)

(0.234)

(0.650)

(0.064)

(0.379)

(0.392)

(0.031)

(0.204)

(0.856)

Trade

−0.274***

−0.099***

−0.248***

−0.343***

−0.267***

−0.198

−0.255***

−0.115*

−0.202**

−0.312***

−0.216***

−0.114

 

(0.000)

(0.007)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.274)

(0.000)

(0.092)

(0.023)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.492)

Net Effects

na

1.245

na

na

na

−1.994

na

na

na

na

na

−1.671

Thresholds

na

−195.117

na

Synergy

Synergy

25.436

18.470

na

na

Synergy

7.068

23.662

Pseudo R2/R2

0.346

0.105

0.089

0.114

0.207

0.374

0.365

0.107

0.095

0.104

0.219

0.399

Fisher

7.55***

     

6.60***

     

Observations

296

296

296

296

296

296

260

260

260

260

260

260

  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