Political business cycles, bank pricing behaviour and financial inclusion in Africa

This paper analyses financial inclusion in Africa focusing on the role of political business cycles and pricing behaviour of banks. We employ a sample of 330 banks operating in 29 African countries to test for two related hypotheses. Panel fixed and random effects were estimated for the period 2002...

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Main Authors: Abdul Ganiyu Iddrisu, Festus Ebo Turkson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Cogent Economics & Finance
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2020.1762286