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Financial reforms and income inequality

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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 116, Issue 3, Pages 583-587

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.005

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Financial reforms; Income inequality; Kuznets curve

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Using a panel of 62 countries for 1973-2005, we assess the impact of financial reforms on income inequality. We find that removal of policies towards directed credit and excessively high reserve requirements, and improvements in the securities market reduce inequality. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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