Growth and inequality: Model evaluation based on an estimation-calibration strategy

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 231-284

  Jeong, Hyeok ^a   Townsend, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial deepening; Growth and inequality; Occupational choice; Self selection; Wealth constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949089987     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100507070149     Document Type: Article

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