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Income distribution in macroeconomic models /

This book looks at the distribution of income and wealth and the effects that this has on the macroeconomy, and vice versa. Is a more equal distribution of income beneficial or harmful for macroeconomic growth, and how does the distribution of wealth evolve in a market economy? Taking stock of resul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bertola, Giuseppe (Autor), Foellmi, Reto (Autor), Zweimüller, Josef (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book looks at the distribution of income and wealth and the effects that this has on the macroeconomy, and vice versa. Is a more equal distribution of income beneficial or harmful for macroeconomic growth, and how does the distribution of wealth evolve in a market economy? Taking stock of results and methods developed in the context of the 1990s revival of growth theory, the authors focus on capital accumulation and long-run growth. They show how rigorous, optimization-based technical tools can be applied, beyond the representative-agent framework of analysis, to account for realistic.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 421 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-417) and index.
ISBN:9781400865093
1400865093
9780691164595
0691164592
9781306984089
1306984084