Wealth inequality and financial development: Revisiting the symmetry breaking mechanism

Matsuyama (Econometrica 72(3):853–884, 2004) shows that financial integration may lead to income polarization among inherently identical countries, if these countries are financially underdeveloped, a result he calls “symmetry breaking.” By introducing the minimum investment requirement and within-c...

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Main Author: ZHANG, Haiping
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2254
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English