Financial development and natural resource nexus: Evaluating the importance of mineral in BRICS economies

Even though empirical literature is overflowing in explaining the interconnection between natural possessions and financial sector expansion, this literature portrays the complete picture by thoroughly analyzing the profound connection between minerals and financial sector expansion. The present analysisalso considers the two major components of natural possessions such as forests and minerals separately. Furthermore, the study scrutinizes the effect of total natural possessions along with minerals and forests on financial sector improvement in the presence of other variables like economic development, inflation, trade openness, and savings for BRICS economies. The analysis covers the periods panning 1990 to 2020 by applying the panel (OLS) Ordinary Least Square &the Bootstrapping Quantile Regression technique. The outcomes reveal that overall natural assets are exposed as a curse in the developmental process of the financial sector in BRICS economies. Moreover, the movement towards the highest quantile reduces the intensity of this negative impact of total natural resources along with its components minerals, and forests on financial sector development. The impact of natural possessions on financial expansion is sensitive to disaggregated components of resources in minerals and forests. The analysis further supports the financial resource curse hypothesis in BRICS economies. Additionally, a potential role is being played by the other regressors including economic development, trade openness, inflation, and savings in the expansion of the financial sector in BRICS. The study suggests the channelization of resources mainly minerals to industrial and manufacturing sectors for promoting financial institutions and markets.