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Income inequality and monetary policy regimes

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  • Miller, Stephen M.
  • Teryoshin, Yevgeniy

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This paper reconsiders the possible effects of monetary policy on income inequality. Accounting for potential structural breaks in the relationship, we find that this relationship varies across time and reverses following the Volcker disinflation during the Great Moderation.

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  • Miller, Stephen M. & Teryoshin, Yevgeniy, 2024. "Income inequality and monetary policy regimes," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 243(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:243:y:2024:i:c:s0165176524003744
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111890
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    Keywords

    Income inequality; Monetary policy; U.S. states;
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    JEL classification:

    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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