Financial sector development and intra-African trade
研究了1998至2021年间非洲国家金融部门发展对非洲内部贸易的正向影响，发现金融机构指标比金融市场指标作用更强，且影响因区域而异，并通过服务业和工业间接发挥作用。
• Relationship between Financial Sector Development (FSD) and intra-African trade. • Positive impact of financial development and cross-border banking flows on intra-African trade. • Financial institution indicators have more impact than financial market indicators. • The relationship between financial development and trade is heterogeneous across African regions. • Financial development affects trade indirectly through the services and industrial sectors. This paper examines the nature of the relationship between Financial Sector Development (FSD) and intra-African trade. Using a sample of African countries with available data from 1998 to 2021 , and robust estimation techniques that address endogeneity and omitted variables biases, we find a positive significant impact of the composite financial development indicator and cross-border banking flows on intra-African trade. Further analysis reveals that the effects of the financial institution sub-indicators are more pronounced than those of the financial market sub-indicators. The effects are also heterogeneous across the different African Regional Economic Communities (RECs). Finally, our results show that financial sector development affects intra-African trade indirectly through its impact on the services and industrial sectors.