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Financial Infrastructure, Technological Shift, And Inequality In Economic Development

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  • Horii, Ryo
  • Ohdoi, Ryoji
  • Yamamoto, Kazuhiro

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This paper presents an overlapping generations model with technology choice and imperfect financial markets, and examines the evolution of the income distribution in economic development. The model shows that improvements in financial infrastructure facilitate economic development both by raising the aggregate capital–labor ratio and by causing a technological shift to more capital-intensive technologies. Although a higher capital–labor ratio under a given technology reduces inequality, a technological shift can lead to a concentration of economic rents among a smaller number of agents. We derive the condition under which an improvement in financial infrastructure actually decreases the average utility of agents.

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  • Horii, Ryo & Ohdoi, Ryoji & Yamamoto, Kazuhiro, 2013. "Financial Infrastructure, Technological Shift, And Inequality In Economic Development," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(3), pages 531-562, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:macdyn:v:17:y:2013:i:03:p:531-562_00
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    1. Ni, Niannian & Liu, Yulin & Zhou, Hui, 2022. "Financial openness, capital rents and income inequality," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    2. Alberto Bucci & Simone Marsiglio, 2019. "Financial development and economic growth: long‐run equilibrium and transitional dynamics," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 66(3), pages 331-359, July.
    3. Dezhu Ye & Yunjue Huang & Xian Ye, 2023. "Financial Structure, Technology, and Economic Growth: A Structural Matching Perspective," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 31(1), pages 119-148, January.

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    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology

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