Inequality, leverage, and crises

American Economic Review

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1217-1245

  Kumhof, Michael ^a   Rancière, Romain ^b,c   Winant, Pablo ^c  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

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EID: 84924019916     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20110683     Document Type: Article

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