Inequality and social discounting

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-402

  Farhi, Emmanuel ^a   Werning, Iván ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC THEORY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MODEL; SOCIAL THEORY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 34250836195     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518741     Document Type: Article

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