Do the credits of the state-owned development and investment bank trigger sustainable economic development? Evidence of İller Bank for Turkey

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of the İller Bank's credits on the sustainable economic development of Turkey between the 1981–2022 period. The study also employs the main analysis using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds model and robustness checks using the fully modified least square (FMOLS) and canonical cointegration analyses. ARDL model findings prove that the İller Bank's credits positively affect sustainable economic development indicators. Thus, governments should make the appropriate regulations to increase the investment credits for the growth of sustainable economic development and optimally enlarge the adaptive mechanism of credits by funding from the capital markets.

Keywords

• İller bank
• Development and investment banks
• Municipal banks
• Sustainable economic development
• Investment credits