Inequality, leverage and crises
"The paper studies how high leverage and crises can arise as a result of changes in the income distribution. Empirically, the periods 1920-1929 and 1983-2008 both exhibited a large increase in the income share of the rich, a large increase in leverage for the remainder, and an eventual financia...
Main Authors: | Kumhof, Michael, Rancière, Romain |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Washington, DC
2010
IMF |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19183100124919013829-inequality,-leverage-and-crise.htm |
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