Linkages between Real & Financial Sector: Empirical Evidence from India Using ARDL Approach

Financial Markets and Economic Development, First Edition 2015, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 978 - 93 - 84898 - 94 - 6

11 Pages Posted: 26 Aug 2015

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Vanita Tripathi

Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi, India; University of Delhi India - Delhi School of Economics - Department of Commerce

Arnav Kumar

University of Delhi - Delhi School of Economics - Department of Commerce

Date Written: August 21, 2015

Abstract

Real economic growth of a nation is supported by its financial sector. This paper examines the relationship between real and financial sectors of India, an advanced emerging market of the world, over the period 2004-2014. Domestic credit and BSE Stock market capitalization are taken as proxy of financial sector development while real economy is represented by GDP. The data has been analyzed using ADF unit root test, Granger causality test, Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, LM serial correlation test, CUSUM test and Johansen Cointegration test to capture the nature of relation amongst these sectors in Indian context.

We find that while market capitalization granger causes GDP, domestic credit does not granger cause GDP. We find no causality from the real economy (GDP) to financial sector (BSE Capitalization and Domestic Credit). ARDL and Johansen Cointegration Test results reveal that GDP is significantly explained by its own past values (both short and long run) as well as long run values of domestic credit and thus points towards the existence of long term cointegrating association between GDP and domestic credit while the absence of same between GDP and BSE capitalization.

These results have significant inferences for economists, regulators and policy makers. So, even though Stock market reforms are a prerequisite for building investor confidence and accelerating real economic growth in short term, banking sector reforms is the key for sustaining it in the long term. We find evidence of supply leading hypothesis whereby economic growth is lead and caused by financial sector in short run (through stock market) and in long run (through banking sector).

Keywords: Linkage between Financial & Real Sector, Granger Causality, Johansen Cointegration, Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), Supply Leading Hypothesis.

JEL Classification: B26, C22, E44, G12.

Suggested Citation

Tripathi, Vanita and Tripathi, Vanita and Kumar, Arnav, Linkages between Real & Financial Sector: Empirical Evidence from India Using ARDL Approach (August 21, 2015). Financial Markets and Economic Development, First Edition 2015, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 978 - 93 - 84898 - 94 - 6, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2649092

Vanita Tripathi (Contact Author)

Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi, India ( email )

Department of Commerce, Delhi school of Economics,
Delhi, Delhi 110007
India

HOME PAGE: http://people@du.ac.in~vtripathi/

University of Delhi India - Delhi School of Economics - Department of Commerce ( email )

Department of Commerce
Delhi University
Delhi, 110007
India

HOME PAGE: http://people@du.ac.in~vtripathi/

Arnav Kumar

University of Delhi - Delhi School of Economics - Department of Commerce ( email )

New Delhi, New Delhi 110007
India

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