U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countries

This research aims to consider determinants of economic growth, such as financial development, institutional quality, and information and communication technology (ICT) penetration, which have been explored separately in previous studies and have produced mixed findings in different regions. Using t...

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Main Authors: Thanh Phuc Nguyen, Thi Thu Hong Dinh, Ngoc Tho Tran, Trang Duong Thi Thuy
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2139887
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Ngoc Tho Tran
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description This research aims to consider determinants of economic growth, such as financial development, institutional quality, and information and communication technology (ICT) penetration, which have been explored separately in previous studies and have produced mixed findings in different regions. Using the two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator for a dynamic panel dataset of 35 selected emerging countries, several research findings could be drawn as the following. First, both ICT penetration and institutional quality have significantly positive effects on economic growth. On the contrary, economic development could be hampered by financial development. Second, there are the U-shape and inverted U-shape relations for the cases of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth, respectively. Third, the interaction effect of ICT penetration and financial development could enhance economic growth while the negative impact of financial development on economic development is amplified by the high level of institutional quality. These findings are robust to the global financial crisis control and the use of an alternative ICT proxy when setting up the approach of principal component analysis. Given these findings from emerging countries, some policy challenges that policy-makers should address by simultaneously considering each growth driver, such as financial development, ICT evolution, and institutional quality and interactions between them, as well as the non-monotonic effect of ICT penetration and institutional quality to facilitate economic growth. [Figure: see text]
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spelling doaj-art-9823dfde09b947a2a9c65bde5d65e7a42025-08-20T03:12:41ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Economics & Finance2332-20392022-12-0110110.1080/23322039.2022.2139887U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countriesThanh Phuc Nguyen0Thi Thu Hong Dinh1Ngoc Tho Tran2Trang Duong Thi Thuy3Faculty of Banking and Finance, Van Lang University, 69/68 Dang Thuy Tram Street, Ward 13, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, VietNamSchool of Finance, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Ho Chi Minh City, VietNamSchool of Finance, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Ho Chi Minh City, VietNamSchool of International Business - Marketing, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Ho Chi Minh City, VietNamThis research aims to consider determinants of economic growth, such as financial development, institutional quality, and information and communication technology (ICT) penetration, which have been explored separately in previous studies and have produced mixed findings in different regions. Using the two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator for a dynamic panel dataset of 35 selected emerging countries, several research findings could be drawn as the following. First, both ICT penetration and institutional quality have significantly positive effects on economic growth. On the contrary, economic development could be hampered by financial development. Second, there are the U-shape and inverted U-shape relations for the cases of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth, respectively. Third, the interaction effect of ICT penetration and financial development could enhance economic growth while the negative impact of financial development on economic development is amplified by the high level of institutional quality. These findings are robust to the global financial crisis control and the use of an alternative ICT proxy when setting up the approach of principal component analysis. Given these findings from emerging countries, some policy challenges that policy-makers should address by simultaneously considering each growth driver, such as financial development, ICT evolution, and institutional quality and interactions between them, as well as the non-monotonic effect of ICT penetration and institutional quality to facilitate economic growth. [Figure: see text]https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2139887Economic growthfinancial developmentinstitutional qualityICT penetrationemerging countries
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U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countries
Cogent Economics & Finance
Economic growth
financial development
institutional quality
ICT penetration
emerging countries
title U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countries
title_full U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countries
title_fullStr U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countries
title_full_unstemmed U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countries
title_short U-shaped impacts of institutional quality and ICT penetration on economic growth: Evidence from selected emerging countries
title_sort u shaped impacts of institutional quality and ict penetration on economic growth evidence from selected emerging countries
topic Economic growth
financial development
institutional quality
ICT penetration
emerging countries
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2022.2139887
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