Financial Reforms and Income Inequality

Using a panel of 62 countries for 1973-2005, we assess the impact of financial reforms on income inequality. We find that removal of policies towards directed credit and excessively high reserve requirements, and improvements in the securities market reduce inequality.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Agnello, Luca ; Mallick, Sushanta K. ; Sousa, Ricardo M.
Institutions:	Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE), Universidade do Minho
Subject:	Financial reforms \| income inequality

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NIPE Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 21/2012
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; E44 - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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