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dc.contributor.authorArora, Rashmi
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:46:29Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:46:29Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-09-11T23:55:53Z
dc.identifier.issn00036846
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00036846.2011.597736
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41642
dc.description.abstractAlthough a large literature exists on finance and economic growth, few studies have empirically examined the relationship between finance and inequality. Using grouped national household sample survey data on monthly household consumption expenditure at the sub-national level for the years 1999-2000 to 2006-2007, we examine the relationship between Financial Development (FD) and rural and urban inequality in India. The results indicate that FD is associated with a reduction in inequality, but only in the urban areas. Further, inequality is found to be higher in the richer states compared to less developed and low income states, and as state income increases, inequality also increases both in the rural and urban areas. Finally, our results show that increase in population per bank branch leads to higher inequality in urban areas but decline in rural areas.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom4527
dc.relation.ispartofpageto4538
dc.relation.ispartofissue34
dc.relation.ispartofjournalApplied Economics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume44
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomic Development and Growth
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied Economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconometrics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBanking, Finance and Investment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode140202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1403
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1502
dc.titleFinance and inequality: a study of Indian states
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorArora, Rashmi U.


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