Finance and inequality [electronic resource] : theory and evidence / Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Ross Levine.

This paper critically reviews the literature on finance and inequality, highlighting substantive gaps in the literature. Finance plays a crucial role in most theories of persistent inequality. Unsurprisingly, therefore, economic theory provides a rich set of predictions concerning both the impact of...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Open Knowledge Repository)
Main Author:	Demirgüç-Kunt, Aslı, 1961-
Corporate Author:	National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors:	Levine, Ross
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, ©2009.
Series:	Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; no. 15275.
Subjects:	Finance > Social aspects. Income distribution. Equality.