The mobile phone,information sharing and financial sector development in Africa: A quantile regressions approach

dc.contributor.author	Asongu, Simplice A
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-05T10:56:09Z
dc.date.available	2019-04-05T10:56:09Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25363
dc.description.abstract	This study investigates linkages between the mobile phone, information sharing offices (ISO) and financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. ISO are private credit bureaus and public credit registries. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions. Two main hypotheses are tested: mobile phones complement ISO to enhance the formal financial sector (Hypothesis 1) and mobile phones complement ISO to reduce the informal financial sector (Hypothesis 2). The hypotheses are largely confirmed. This research adds to the existing body of literature by engaging hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector development and investigating the role of mobile phones in information sharing for financial sector development.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Information sharing; Banking sector development; Africa	en
dc.title	The mobile phone,information sharing and financial sector development in Africa: A quantile regressions approach	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.description.department	Economics	en
dc.contributor.author2	Odhiambo, Nicholas M