Income Distribution in Macroeconomic Models:
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Main Author: Bertola, Giuseppe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press [2005]
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description: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 market imperfections and for political-economic interactions. The treatment is thorough, yet accessible to students and nonspecialist economists, and it offers specialist readers a wide-ranging and innovative treatment of an increasingly important research field. The book follows a single analytical thread through a series of different growth models, allowing readers to appreciate their structure and crucial assumptions. This is particularly useful at a time when the literature on income distribution and growth has developed quickly and in several different directions, becoming difficult to overview
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (448p.)
ISBN:9781400865093
DOI:10.1515/9781400865093

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