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Spatial Dependence Of Income Inequality Among Trading Partners

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  • FADI A. FAWAZ

    (Department of Economics, Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND 58405, USA)

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Questions surrounding income inequality have received great attention in the recent economic literature. Traditionally the literature does not attempt to investigate how income inequality in a country could be affected by the income inequality of countries economically related to it. Using Trade Spatial Lags, this paper shows that a country's income inequality is affected by the inequality of its top trading partners. This investigation shows a strong positive relationship of the Gini coefficient among major trading partners. To conduct the study, we use panel data for a sample of 180 countries from 1960 to 2008.

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  • Fadi A. Fawaz, 2011. "Spatial Dependence Of Income Inequality Among Trading Partners," Middle East Development Journal (MEDJ), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(02), pages 215-232.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:medjxx:v:03:y:2011:i:02:n:s1793812011000375
    DOI: 10.1142/S1793812011000375
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