The inequality-credit linkage

Peña, Guillermo (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: In this paper, I analyzed the underlying mechanisms of the interaction between credit expansion and income inequality—inequality-credit interaction—and its influence on the economy. For this purpose, System and Difference GMM models were applied to assess the influence of the interaction on the triggering of banking crises 212 economies between 1970 and 2017. Furthermore, a Granger-Causality panel data test was applied, employing a maximum sample size of 216 world countries for the 1960–2021 period and balanced subsamples. The interaction was negatively related with risk of unchaining banking crises and led to economic growth. Robustness checks were applied, confirming the results.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3934/NAR.2025007

Año: 2025

Publicado en: National accounting review 7, 2 (2025), 143-176
ISSN: 2689-3010

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S15-24
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S39-23R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-112773GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ-IBERCAJA/JIUZ-2022-CSJ-19

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)

Dataset asociado: Replication Data for: The Inequality–Credit Linkage ( https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/J6NWVK)