Internet Plus, Inclusive Finance and Inclusive Growth: Impact Mechanisms and Empirical Evidence

Abstract

This paper systematically expounds the impact of internet plus and inclusive finance on inclusive economic growth, and makes an empirical study based on panel data of 31 provinces in mainland China from 2008 to 2017. The results show that the deep integration of internet plus and inclusive finance can promote inclusive economic growth. Due to the great differences in the development of east, middle and west regions, inclusive finance has obvious regional difference in the influence of inclusive growth in the east, middle and west.