Production risk and the functional distribution of income in a developing economy: Tradeoffs and policy responses

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-208

  García Peñalosa, Cecilia ^a   Turnovsky, Stephen J ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor distribution of income; Production risk; Stochastic growth

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 11244266291     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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