Exploring the income distribution business cycle dynamics

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-130

  Castañeda, Ana ^a   Díaz Giménez, Javier ^b   Ríos Rull, José Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C68; D31; E32; Income distribution fluctuations; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002499826     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(98)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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