Effects of Country and Geopolitical Risks on Income Inequality: Evidence from Emerging Economies

Wanshan Wu, Lijun Wang, Yaman Omer Erzurumlu, Giray Gözgör and Gaoju Yang

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2022, vol. 58, issue 15, 4218-4230

Abstract: Income inequality is rising due to the risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other risks. This paper examines the effects of country risks (measured by economic/financial and political risks) and geopolitical risks on the income inequality in the panel dataset of 19 emerging market economies from 1985 to 2020. It is observed that all risk measures are positively related to income inequality. This evidence is also valid when different empirical models and estimation procedures are considered. The results are also robust for including various controls, excluding the extreme observations in the dataset, and considering the countries at the different income levels and regions.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2022.2070002

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