Does Globalization Promote Financial Integration in South Asian Economies? Unveiling the Role of Monetary and Fiscal Performance in Internationalization

Audi, Marc and Ehsan, Rehan and Ali, Amjad (2022): Does Globalization Promote Financial Integration in South Asian Economies? Unveiling the Role of Monetary and Fiscal Performance in Internationalization.

Abstract

Presently, monitoring and analysing financial integration has become a key function and requirement of the financial regulatory bodies and central banks of the countries. It has also been observed that financial integration is important to make the financial system streamlined and efficient which is eventually used to make monetary policies and to judge a country’s financial performance. Financial integration also highlights disruption in the financial system of the country if it does not work properly. This study has examined the impact of globalization on financial integration in the case of South Asian countries from 1996 to 2020. The results show that level of political instability has a negative and insignificant impact on financial integration. The outcome shows that monetary performance, globalization, and economic misery have positive and significant impacts on financial integration. Fiscal performance has a negative and significant impact on financial integration. Based on the results, it suggested that South countries should make stable monetary and fiscal performance with a rise in globalization to raise financial integration. Moreover, political instability and economic misery should be discouraged for higher financial integration.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: globalization, financial integration, political instability, monetary performance, fiscal performance, economic misery
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F36 - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F50 - General; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F60 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O23 - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

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