Has the Global Financial Crisis Increased Wealth Inequality?. Shchepeleva, M., Stolbov, M., & Weill, L. International Economics, 169:148–160, May, 2022.
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This paper examines the impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) on wealth inequality. We investigate this question, using data for 143 countries for the period 2010– 2018. We find no significant impact of the occurrence of the crisis on wealth inequality. We show limited evidence that the severity of the banking crisis affects the change in wealth inequality. Furthermore, the impact of the GFC on the change in wealth inequality is influenced by the country characteristics: the GFC has more enhanced wealth inequality in countries with higher levels of economic and financial development as well as lower initial levels of wealth inequality. We therefore contribute to a better understanding of the real effects of banking crises by providing evidence of the distributional effects of the GFC.
@article{Shchepelevaetal2022,
  title = {Has the Global Financial Crisis Increased Wealth Inequality?},
  author = {Shchepeleva, Maria and Stolbov, Mikhail and Weill, Laurent},
  year = {2022},
  month = may,
  journal = {International Economics},
  volume = {169},
  pages = {148--160},
  doi = {10.1016/j.inteco.2021.12.004},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2021.12.004},
  abstract = {This paper examines the impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) on wealth inequality. We investigate this question, using data for 143 countries for the period 2010\textendash 2018. We find no significant impact of the occurrence of the crisis on wealth inequality. We show limited evidence that the severity of the banking crisis affects the change in wealth inequality. Furthermore, the impact of the GFC on the change in wealth inequality is influenced by the country characteristics: the GFC has more enhanced wealth inequality in countries with higher levels of economic and financial development as well as lower initial levels of wealth inequality. We therefore contribute to a better understanding of the real effects of banking crises by providing evidence of the distributional effects of the GFC.},
  keywords = {Cross-National Comparisons,Determinants of Wealth and Wealth Inequality}
}

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