Consumption, income, and wealth inequality in Canada

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-75

  Brzozowski, Matthew ^a   Gervais, Martin ^b   Klein, Paul ^c   Suzuki, Michio ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Bank of Japan ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumption inequality; Income inequality; Wealth inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249088418     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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