On the consequences of demographic change for rates of returns to capital, and the distribution of wealth and welfare

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-87

  Krueger, Dirk ^a   Ludwig, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution of welfare; International capital flows; Population aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847038848     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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