Historical Patterns of Inequality and Productivity around Financial Crises

Pascal Paul

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2023, vol. 55, issue 7, 1641-1665

Abstract: To understand the determinants of financial crises, previous research focused on developments closely related to financial markets. In contrast, this paper considers changes originating in the real economy as drivers of financial instability. To this end, I assemble a novel data set of long‐run measures of income inequality, productivity, and other macrofinancial indicators for advanced economies. I find that rising top income inequality and low productivity growth are robust predictors of crises, and their slow‐moving trend components largely explain these relations. Moreover, recessions that are preceded by such developments are deeper than recessions without such ex ante trends.

Date: 2023
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Working Paper: Historical Patterns of Inequality and Productivity around Financial Crises (2020)
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