Ein seit langem ungelöstes Problem der EG ist eine allgemein akzeptierte Verteilung der Finanzierungslasten und Ausgaben auf die Mitgliedsstaaten. Dabei sind die Fragen nach den Grössenordnungen der Distributionswirkungen sowie nach einem normativen Rahmen immer wieder von aktuellem...

The aim of this paper is analyzing the evolution of the Brazilian credit market from 2003 to 2011 and its impact on inequality in Brazil. The arguments are organized as follows. After an introductory section, the second one presents the determinants and the general trends of the banking credit...

This paper examines the relationship between changes in the financial sector and the increasing inequality in Germany. For this, first an overview about the development of the main inequality indicators for Germany is given, which show inequality has been rising since the 1980s. Thereafter, the...

In Thailand, the government has long recognized the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the economy and has given a large amount of financial support to this sector. Still, SMEs are not able to catch up with larger enterprises and the constraints to SME financing remain...