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Financial Liberalization and Income Inequality

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Ang, James

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This paper examines the causal relationship between financial liberalization and income inequality using India as a case study. The results indicate that there exists a robust long-run relationship between financial liberalization and income inequality, and their causal relationship is a bi-directional one.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 14496.

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Keywords: Financial liberalization; income inequality;

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O53 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
O16 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment
G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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