<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper examines the relationship between financial sector transformation and income inequality. We construct an econometric model of income concentration for a panel of 16 OECD countries in the years 1995-2009. From our study, financial sector transformation, measured individually by three indicators (GDP share of stock market value traded, bank income and private credit), emerges as a nexus of complex and interconnected phenomena, which are strongly associated with the concentration of income at the top of the distribution.</p></abstract>

This paper examines the relationship between financial sector transformation and income inequality. We construct an econometric model of income concentration for a panel of 16 OECD countries in the years 1995-2009. From our study, financial sector transformation, measured individually by three indicators (GDP share of stock market value traded, bank income and private credit), emerges as a nexus of complex and interconnected phenomena, which are strongly associated with the concentration of income at the top of the distribution.

Financial Sector Transformation and Income Inequality-An Empirical Analysis

University of Leeds, Maurice Keyworth Building LS2 9JT,

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Financial Internet Quarterly

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This paper examines the relationship between financial sector transformation and income inequality. We construct an econometric model of income concentration...

Financial Sector Transformation and Income Inequality-An Empirical Analysis

Data publikacji: 09 lut 2017

Zakres stron: 36 - 48

Otrzymano: 01 lip 2015

Przyjęty: 03 paź 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fiqf-2016-0142

Słowa kluczowe
Financial Markets, Inequality, Fixed Effects Models

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Financial Sector Transformation and Income Inequality-An Empirical Analysis

Data publikacji: 09 lut 2017

Zakres stron: 36 - 48

Otrzymano: 01 lip 2015

Przyjęty: 03 paź 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fiqf-2016-0142

Słowa kluczoweFinancial Markets, Inequality, Fixed Effects Models

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Financial Markets, Inequality, Fixed Effects Models