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Economic growth, income distribution, and financial system: an analysis based on financial social accounting matrices for the brazilian economy

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  • Juliana Rodrigues Vieira

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  • Gilberto de Assis Libânio

    (UFMG)

  • Débora Freire Cardoso

    (UFMG)

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This study analyzes the relationship between income distribution, economic growth, and the financial system for the Brazilian economy from 2005 to 2017. Our main goal is to investigate the role of the financial sector in explaining economic growth and the distributive structure. In terms of methodology, this work is based on the social accounting model, via the estimation of social accounting multipliers. These were obtained from financial social accounting matrices for the years 2005, 2008 and 2017. Our results suggest that the financial sector has contributed to economic growth and agents’ income. However, it has also brought about negative effects on income distribution, due to the unequal access to financial products across income deciles – which highlights the importance of policies aimed at facilitating access to the financial sector by lower income individuals.

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  • Juliana Rodrigues Vieira & Gilberto de Assis Libânio & Débora Freire Cardoso, 2023. "Economic growth, income distribution, and financial system: an analysis based on financial social accounting matrices for the brazilian economy," Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG 664, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
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    Keywords

    income distribution; economic growth; financial system;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • N20 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - General, International, or Comparative

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