Chapter 9 Macroeconomics of distribution and growth

Handbook of Income Distribution

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 477-540

  Bertola, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

aggregate factor income distribution; D3; D72; distribution; E25; economic growth and aggregate productivity; economic models of political processes; financial markets; O16; O4; saving and capital investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350104958     PISSN: 15740056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0056(00)80012-3     Document Type: Review

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