Growth and distribution in an AK-model with endogenous impatience

Economic Theory

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-112

  Borissov, Kirill ^a,b   Lambrecht, Stéphane ^c,d  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY AT ST PETERSBURG   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute for Economics and Mathematics   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development; Growth; Intertemporal choice; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549099662     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-007-0307-7     Document Type: Article

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