How do banking crises impact on income inequality?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1425-1429

  Agnello, Luca ^a,b   Sousa, Ricardo M ^c,d  

^a BANQUE DE FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

banking crisis; financial depth; government size; inequality

Indexed keywords

BANKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GOVERNMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84858418487     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.631885     Document Type: Article

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