This chapter looks at US household sector micro data since 1989, to explore the relation between income inequality and financial fragility from a macro perspective. In contrast with a portfolio (and wealth inequality) approach to household financial instability, which focuses on the investments...

The existing literature on the relationship between natural disasters and economic growth is adequate. However, it has not focused on how natural disasters impact the distribution of income in an economy. This chapter aims to critically analyze the effects of natural disasters on income...

The main aim of this chapter is to analyse the pattern of environmental pollution as represented by per capita carbon dioxide emission (PCCO2), per capita gross domestic product (PCGDP) and per capita energy consumption (PCEC) and their nexus in case of South-Asian countries for the time period...