Median-voter equilibria in the neoclassical growth model under aggregation

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 587-606

  Azzimonti, Marina ^a   de Francisco, Eva ^b   Krusell, Per ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Markov equilibrium; Median voter; Redistribution; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME; MARKOV CHAIN; MODEL; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 33845921741     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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