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We analyze a macroeconomic model of monopolistic competition in which consumers earn unequal incomes. When preferences are non-homothetic, the distribution of income affects equilibrium mark-ups and equilibrium product diversity.

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Paper provided by Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich in its series IEW - Working Papers with number 145.

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Keywords: inequality; mark-ups; monopolistic competition;

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• D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
• D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - Monopoly
• E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

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