Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249061 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/21/050
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
The trilogy among economic growth, social capital (SC), and financial development is exami ned based on three hypotheses: first, SC is important in the finance-growth nexus. Second, th ere is a threshold effect of SC in the finance-growth nexus. Third, the SC-finance-growth tril ogy depends on the countries' income level. Building dataset for 70 countries,someinteresting results were obtained: (i) the marginal effects of both SC and finance promotes economic gro wth at higher levels; (ii)there is evidence of a threshold effect of SC, as finance enhances mor e growth when SC is below the threshold level; (iii) higher-income countries tend not to bene fit from the SC-finance-growth trilogy. These results suggest that the influence of SC on gro wth trajectory is exaggerated in the literature. The study recommends that policymakers shoul d pursue other sources of economic growth aside SC, while ensuring that the level of SC does not deteriorate.
Subjects: 
Economic growth
Financial development
Social capital
Threshold effect
JEL: 
O43
G20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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