Wealth and the capitalist spirit

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 394-408

  Francis, Johanna L ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalist spirit; Life cycle; Wealth inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849124758     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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