The Interaction Effects of Financial Sources Abundance and Good Governance Index on Income Distribution in Selected Islamic Countries

In this research, the interaction effects of financial sources abundance and good governance on income distribution is studied for selected (18) Islamic countries in the period 1996-2015. The dynamic panel data model is estimated using the GMM method. The results of the study show the negative and statistically significant coefficient of the interaction term between the financial sources abundance and governance on Gini coefficient. Specifically, the results implicate that improvement of governance leads to an optimal allocation and functional improvement of financial sources in decreasing income inequalities . Th results remain the same when other criteria for good governance are used in the model.