Does income inequality lead to consumption inequality? Evidence and theory

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-193

  Krueger, Dirk ^a,b,c   Perri, Fabrizio ^c,d,e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CEPR ^*  (Germany)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INCOME; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646702332     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2006.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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