Can Good Governance Lower Financial Intermediation Costs?
Cover -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: NET INTEREST MARGINS AND GOVERNANCE -- A. Banking Sector Factors -- B. Governance Factors -- C. Macroeconomic Factors -- D. Empirical Methodologies -- III. EXPLAINING BANK INTERMEDIATION COSTS -- A. The Data -- Financial Intermediation Costs-The Net Interest Margin -- B. The Econometric Analysis -- Basic Specification -- Extended Models -- The Global Financial Crisis -- C. Robustness Checks -- IV. POLICY SIMULATIONS: THE COST OF POOR GOVERNANCE -- V. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FIGURES -- 1. Net Interest Margins in Different Country Groups, 1996 - 2015 -- 2. Net Interest Margins over Time, 1996 - 2015 -- TABLES -- 1. Basic Specification -- 2. Models Extended with Selected Governance Variables -- 3. Extended Models with Interconnectedness -- 4. Extended Models with Capital Market Variables -- 5. Extended Models with Impact of Global Financial Crisis -- 6. Estimated Potential Savings from Improved Governance -- 7. Countries Included in the Sample -- 8. Data Description and Sources -- 9. Correlation Coefficients of Main Variables -- 10. Robustness Check of Other Governance Indicators -- 11. Robustness Check for Endogeneity Using Instrument Variables -- 12. Robustness Checks for Cross-Sectional Dependence -- 13. Robustness Check for Non-Linearity -- 14. Robustness Check with Lagged Dependent Variable -- 15. Robustness Check for Outliers -- APPENDICES -- I. Countries Included in the Sample -- II. Data Description and Sources -- III. Correlation Coefficients -- IV. Robustness Checks