The distribution of wealth and the marginal propensity to consume

Quantitative Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 977-1020

  Carroll, Christopher ^a   Slacalek, Jiri ^b   Tokuoka, Kiichi ^c   White, Matthew N ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Finance   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

heterogeneity; inequality; marginal propensity to consume; Wealth distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034660408     PISSN: 17597323     EISSN: 17597331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/QE694     Document Type: Article

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