Finance and inequality: Channels and evidence

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 748-773

  Claessens, Stijn ^a,b,c   Perotti, Enrico ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to financial services; Entry; Financial development; Inequality; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049035645     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.07.002     Document Type: Review

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