Minimum consumption and transitional dynamics in wealth distribution

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 633-667

  Álvarez Peláez, María J ^a,b   Díaz, Antonia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Centro de Estudios Andaluces   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intertemporal elasticity of substitution; Minimum consumption; Transitional dynamics; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544368888     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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