Although theoretical models make distinct predictions about the relation between finance and income inequality, little empirical research has been conducted to compare their relative explanatory power. We examine the relation between financial intermediary development and income inequality in a...

This study extends the traditional growth model and recent endogenous growth model to consider how a social and cultural element-the spirit of capitalism in the Weberian sense of accumulation for the sake of accumulation-impacts on savings, asset accumulation, stock market prices, and economic...

This paper sheds light on the heavy financial burden on peasants in China's fiscal decentralization system. Using a political economy framework, this paper explores the tax-farming nature of China's fiscally decentralized system and examines why the system incurs a particularly heavy financial...