Is Financial Innovation Bestowed or a Curse for Economic Sustainably: The Mediating Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Effects of Financial Innovation on Economic Growth
2.2. Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Economic Growth
2.3. Conceptual Development
3. Data and Methodology of the Study
3.1. Financial Innovation
3.2. Economic Policy Uncertainty
3.3. Estimation Techniques
3.4. Nonlinear ARDL
3.5. Toda–Yamamoto Causality Test
4. Model Estimation and Interpretation
Unit Root Test
5. Findings and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ARDL | Autoregressive distributed lagged |
NARDL | Nonlinear autoregressive distributed lagged |
EPU | Economic policy uncertainty |
FI | Financial innovation |
ADF | Augmented Dickey–Fuller |
P-P | Phillips–Perron |
KPSS | Kwiatkowski–Phillips–Schmidt–Shin |
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Cumulative | Cumulative | ||||
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Number | Value | Difference | Proportion | Value | Proportion |
Panel A: PCA for India | |||||
1 | 2.256 | 1.516102 | 0.7123 | 2.256757 | 0.7123 |
2 | 0.740 | 0.738067 | 0.2169 | 2.997412 | 0.9291 |
3 | 0.003 | --- | 0.0709 | 3.000000 | 1.0000 |
Panel B: PCA for Pakistan | |||||
1 | 2.215 | 1.443 | 0.718 | 2.215 | 0.708 |
2 | 0.772 | 0.759 | 0.207 | 2.987 | 0.926 |
3 | 0.012 | --- | 0.075 | 3.000 | 1.000 |
India | Pakistan | |||||
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ADF | PP | KPSS | ADF | PP | KPSS | |
Panel A: with constant | ||||||
Y | −1.525 | −1.589 | 1.103 *** | −1.092 | −1.0927 | 1.400 *** |
FI | −1.941 | −2.756 | 1.160 *** | −0.778 | −1.8064 | 1.116 *** |
EPU | −5.340 * | −8.679 *** | 1.497 *** | −0.778 | −1.8064 | 1.116 *** |
∆Y | −12.363 *** | −12.473 *** | 0.159 | −13.375 *** | −13.3756 *** | 0.094 |
∆FI | −2.645 * | −21.348 *** | 0.096 | −16.738 *** | −16.342 *** | 0.265 |
∆PE | −12.714 *** | −49.777 | 0.041 | −16.650 *** | −17.320 *** | 0.268 |
Panel B: with constant and trend | ||||||
Y | −1.1931 | −1.446 | 0.265 *** | −1.789 | −1.8108 *** | 0.1944 ** |
FI | −1.867 | −2.636 | 0.089 | −3.514 | −3.1007 | 0.1729 ** |
EPU | −10.537 *** | −10.633 *** | 1.093 *** | −3.514 | −3.1007 | 0.1729 ** |
∆Y | −12.393 *** | −12.460 *** | 0.067 | −13.34 *** | −13.341 *** | 0.0885 |
∆FI | −2.939 | −23.154 *** | 0.048 | −16.696 *** | −16.3092 *** | 0.0846 |
∆EPU | −12.680 *** | −49.603 | 0.041 | −16.721 *** | −17.5537 *** | 0.0846 |
India | Pakistan | |||||
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
Panel A: long-run cointegration test | ||||||
Fpss | 8.44 *** | 12.102 *** | 12.518 *** | 11.919 *** | 16.761 *** | 9.511 *** |
Wpss | 19.8 *** | 19.774 *** | 5.101 *** | 11.109 *** | 12.857 *** | 18.106 *** |
tBDM | −9.077 *** | −5.233 *** | −4.712 ** | −8.698 *** | −7.402 *** | −9.061 *** |
Panel B: Long-run coefficient | ||||||
β | −0.079 *** (−25.314) | −0.064 *** (−11.475) | −0.042 ** (−5.762) | −0.074 *** (−13.411) | −0.053 *** (−11.457) | −0.029 ** (−5.745) |
γ | 0.067 ** (11.254) | − | 0.054 *** (10.512) | 0.019 *** (8.744) | − | 0.045 *** (24.513) |
FI*EPU | −0.044 ** (−24.551) | −0.029 ** (−10.442) | − | −0.115 *** (−54.712) | −0.027 *** (−15.754) | |
Panel C: short-run coefficients | ||||||
Constant | −0.495 *** (−75.845) | −1.037 *** (−88.754) | −0.015 ** (−97.215) | 0.604 *** (25.762) | 0.201 *** (67.451) | −0.042 *** (−37.142) |
Trend | 0.034 *** (10.514) | 0.019 (5.755) | −0.016 *** (9.114) | 0.061 *** (12.745) | 0.016 *** (10.241) | 0.242 *** (44.751) |
ζ | −0.317 *** (−23.154) | −0.314 *** (−75.014) | −0.091 *** (−24.514) | −0.143 *** (−25.146) | −0.378 *** (−75.412) | −0.053 *** (−14.215) |
λ1 | −0.005 *** (−17.241) | −0.091 *** (−10.712) | −0.015 *** (−5.771) | −0.025 *** (−10.614) | −0.028 ** (−24.014) | −0.073 ** (−0.142) |
λ2 | 0.021 ** (10.512) | 0.016 *** (10.421) | 0.215 *** (15.251) | 0.015 ** (−10.412) | ||
EPU*FI | −0.003 ** (−0.021) | 0.003 *** (3.021) | 0.002 (0.004) | −0.006 * (−5.124) | ||
Panel D: residual diagnostic test | ||||||
R2 | 0.789 | 0.792 | 0.329 | 0.287 | 0.132 | 0.747 |
F−test | 10.384 *** | 10.667 *** | 45.054 *** | 12.587 *** | 15.294 *** | 14.035 *** |
0.011 | 0.557 | 0.271 | 0.31 | 0.785 | 0.237 | |
0.368 | 0.424 | 0.894 | 0.942 | 0.409 | 0.174 | |
0.235 | 0.078 | 0.473 | 0.891 | 0.714 | 0.445 | |
RESET | 0.584 | 0.877 | 0.285 | 0.152 | 0.135 | 0.123 |
India | Pakistan | |||||
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(7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | |
Panel A: long-run asymmetry cointegration | ||||||
Fpss | 18.748 | 5.525 | 8.606 | 10.873 | 12.676 | 17.409 |
Wpss | 16.338 | 8.303 | 17.592 | 10.283 | 18.387 | 5.98 |
tBDM | −7.896 | −9.861 | −7.583 | −10.861 | −8.378 | −12.277 |
Panel B: Long-run coefficients | ||||||
γ+ | −0.195 ** | −0.004 *** | −0.108 *** | −0.013 *** | −0.101 *** | −0.041 *** |
γ− | −0.356 *** | −0.015 *** | −0.045 *** | −0.052 *** | −0.107 *** | −0.028 *** |
λ | 0.069 ** | 0.195 *** | −0.106 * | 0.014 * | ||
λ | −0.127 *** | 1.807 ** | 0.135 ** | −0.013 * | ||
µ | 0.002 ** | −0.17 ** | −0.031 *** | −0.021 ** | ||
µ | 0.089 ** | −0.481 | 0.048 *** | −0.028 ** | ||
Panel C: Short-run coefficients | ||||||
ζ | −0.262 *** | −0.094 *** | −0.328 *** | −0.128 *** | −0.091 *** | −0.083 *** |
Constant | 0.969 | 0.037 | 0.943 | −0.358 | 0.204 | 0.13 |
Trend | −0.081 | 0.005 | −0.024 | 0.032 | 0.048 | 0 |
δ+ | −0.012 ** | −0.292 * | −0.033 *** | −0.023 *** | −0.024 *** | −0.209 *** |
δ− | −0.098 ** | −0.024 * | −0.082 *** | −0.035 | −0.011 *** | −0.014 ** |
λ | 0.067 | −0.864 | 0.149 | −0.015 | ||
β | −0.098 | 0.072 | −0.119 | 0.005 | ||
−0.041 | ||||||
−0.003 | −0.015 | |||||
Long-run and short-run symmetry | ||||||
18.961 | 8.864 | 8.978 | 14.461 | 11.557 | 19.809 | |
18.961 | 8.864 | 8.978 | 14.461 | 11.557 | 19.809 | |
18.961 | 8.864 | 8.978 | 14.461 | 0.028 | 19.809 | |
9.77 | 4.377 | 3.502 | 12.241 | 8.216 | 10.728 | |
Residual diagnostic test | ||||||
0.699 | 0.215 | 0.589 | 0.494 | 0.906 | 0.059 | |
0.401 | 0.347 | 0.907 | 0.023 | 0.718 | 0.535 | |
0.914 | 0.525 | 0.212 | 0.764 | 0.072 | 0.859 | |
0.316 | 0.658 | 0.427 | 0.285 | 0.177 | 0.177 | |
CUSUM | S | S | S | S | S | S |
CUSUM of square | S | S | S | S | S | S |
Y | EPU+ | EPU− | FI+ | FI− | Causal Relationship | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panel A: India | ||||||
Y | 12.142 *** | 15.594 *** | 7.249 * | 8.072 ** | EPU+ → Y; EPU− ↔ Y; FI+ → Y; Y ↔ FI− | |
EPU+ | 5.799 | 7.094 * | 2.026 | 13.381 *** | ||
EPU− | 6.119 * | 0.591 | 1.08 | 6.114 * | ||
FI+ | 0.839 | 6.733 * | 3.46 | 9.963 ** | ||
FI− | 20.626 *** | 6.737 * | 5.689 | 11.822 *** | ||
Panel B: Pakistan | ||||||
FI | 14.279 *** | 10.95 *** | 10.225 *** | 4.996 | EPU+ ↔ Y; EPU− → Y; Y ↔ FI+ | |
EPU+ | 6.562 * | 7.427 * | 1.446 | 1.234 | ||
EPU− | 1.422 | 1.058 | 0.067 | 1.486 | ||
FI+ | 11.519 *** | 6.392 * | 0.459 | 0.632 | ||
FI− | 0.537 | 1.33 | 11.852 *** | 0.693 |
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Xu, S.; Qamruzzaman, M.; Adow, A.H. Is Financial Innovation Bestowed or a Curse for Economic Sustainably: The Mediating Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2391. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042391
Xu S, Qamruzzaman M, Adow AH. Is Financial Innovation Bestowed or a Curse for Economic Sustainably: The Mediating Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty. Sustainability. 2021; 13(4):2391. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042391
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Shuhua, Md. Qamruzzaman, and Anass Hamadelneel Adow. 2021. "Is Financial Innovation Bestowed or a Curse for Economic Sustainably: The Mediating Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty" Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2391. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042391
APA StyleXu, S., Qamruzzaman, M., & Adow, A. H. (2021). Is Financial Innovation Bestowed or a Curse for Economic Sustainably: The Mediating Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty. Sustainability, 13(4), 2391. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042391