 Kuznets Curve for the US: A Reconsideration Using CosummabilityAdnen Ben Nasr (), Mehmet Balcilar, Seyi Akadiri () and Rangan Gupta No 201763, Working Papers from University of Pretoria, Department of Economics Abstract: The relationship between long-run economic growth and income inequality has gained a growing attention in economic research for over decades. This study employed advanced time series techniques to examine the existence of an inverted U-shaped long-run relationship between economic growth and income inequality. Using long-span and very recent data for the United States, for the periods 1917 to 2012, and the concept of summability, balancedness and co-summability, which was advanced to analyze nonlinear long-run relations among stochastic processes. The empirical results find no evidence in support of nonlinear long-run (inverted U-shaped) relationship for the US, but findings from vocal set of economists strongly lends the basis upon which conclusions are drawn in this study. Keywords: Income inequality; economic growth; summability; balancedness; co-summability (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pre:wpaper:201763 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Working Papers from University of Pretoria, Department of Economics Contact information at EDIRC. |
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