Abstract:
Based on the Chinese Household Financial Survey and Digital Inclusive Financial Index of Peking University, this paper adopts a model with instrumental variables on panel data to study the heterogeneity of digital finance on different types of rural formal financial needs. The results show that different formats of digital finance have different effects on rural financial demand. On the one hand, development of digital finance reduces the level of productive rural formal credit demand. The effects with people using smartphones are more obvious. On the other hand, the demand for rural consumptive formal credit has increased with development of digital finance, especially for groups with higher education levels and online shopping habits, reflecting the multidimensional effects of digital finance such as improving transaction efficiency, and boosting consumption. For the first time, this paper conducts empirical research on the relationship between digital finance and rural financial needs, and also provides references for future rural financial policies.
傅秋子, 黄益平. 数字金融对农村金融需求的异质性影响——来自中国家庭金融调查与北京大学数字普惠金融指数的证据[J]. 金融研究, 2018, 461(11): 68-84.
FU Qiuzi, HUANG Yiping. Digital Finance's Heterogeneous Effects On Rural Financial Demand: Evidence From China Household Finance Survey and Inclusive Digital Finance Index. Journal of Financial Research, 2018, 461(11): 68-84.