The relationship between the inflation rate and inequality across U.S. states : a semiparametric approach

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Balcilar, Mehmet
Chang, Shinhye
Gupta, Rangan
Miller, Stephen M.

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Springer

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This paper uses a cross-state panel for the United States over the 1976–2007 period to assess the relationship between income inequality and the inflation rate. Employing a semiparametric instrument variable (IV) estimator, we find that the relationship depends on the level of the inflation rate. A positive relationship occurs only if the states exceed a threshold level of inflation rate. Below this value, inflation rate lowers income inequality. The results suggest that a nonlinear relationship exists between income inequality and the inflation rate.

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Income inequality, Inflation rate, Semiparametric instrumental variable estimation

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Balcilar, M., Chang, S., Gupta, R. et al. The relationship between the inflation rate and inequality across U.S. states: a semiparametric approach. Quality & Quantity (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0676-3. NYP.