Income inequality, financial flows and political institution: sub-Saharan African financial network

Using firm-level loan contracts, we generate aggregate measures of financial connections and examine how these indices relate to income inequality in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The results reveal that more connectedness is not beneficial for these economies as shown by the degree and the e...

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Published in:Empirical economics 2020-06, Vol.58 (6), p.2635-2665
Main Authors: Inekwe, John Nkwoma, Jin, Yi, Valenzuela, Maria Rebecca
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