U.S. growth, the housing market, and the distribution of income

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-401

  Zezza, Gennaro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b Jerome Levy Economics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital gains; Growth; Housing market; Income distribution; Saving propensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449152306     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477300304     Document Type: Article

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