Income and wealth heterogeneity in the macroeconomy

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 867-896

  Krusell, Per ^a   Smith Jr , Anthony A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Income distribution; Macroeconomics; United States

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MACROECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032451887     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250034     Document Type: Article

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