Finance and growth emerged as a distinct field of economics during the last three decades as economists integrated the fields of finance and economic growth and then explored the ramifications of the functioning of financial systems on economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. In this...

The 2008 global financial crisis profoundly changed the role of central banks in the economy. First, central banks engaged in strong expansionary monetary policy, using new unconventional tools to boost economic activity. Second, they were key to containing financial instability, which led them...

From 1990 to 2019, this study examines the nonlinear dynamic impact of financial development on income inequality in an unconventional policy regime in a panel of 21 African countries. More importantly, we use Panel Smooth Transition Regression to extend the existing debate on this subject, with...