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Inequalities and growth: Are there good and bad inequalities?

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François Facchini () (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - CNRS : UMR8174 - Université Panthéon-Sorbonne - Paris I, LAEP - LAboratoire d'Economie Publique - Université Panthéon-Sorbonne - Paris I, EDJ - Université de Reims - Champagne Ardenne)
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Cet article soutient que l'on peut sortir de l'impasse dans lequel se trouve la théorie de la relation inégalités – croissance en utilisant la théorie de l'entrepreneur pour expliquer la croissance économique d'un pays. L'idée est la suivante. A l'image du cholestérol, il existerait de bonnes et de mauvaises inégalités. Les mauvaises inégalités sont le résultat de dépenses en recherche de rente, alors que les bonnes inégalités trouvent leur origine dans l'activité productive ou de recherche de profit des entrepreneurs. On peut, alors, réinterpréter les travaux empiriques proposés par l'économie quantitative et montrer que les inégalités nuisent à la croissance dans les pays où les institutions incitent les activités improductives des entrepreneurs alors qu'elles sont bonnes pour la croissance lorsqu'elles sont le résultat de l'activité de recherche de profits des entrepreneurs.

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Keywords: hypothèse de Baumol; inégalités; croissance; droit de propriété et entrepreneur;

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