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Income and Wealth Heterogeneity in the Macroeconomy

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  • Per Krusell
  • Anthony A. Smith, Jr.

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How do movements in the distribution of income and wealth affect the macroeconomy? We analyze this question theoretically, using numerical methods, in the context of a calibrated version of the stochastic growth model with partially uninsurable idiosyncratic risk and movements in aggregate productivity.

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Paper provided by Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business in its series GSIA Working Papers with number 1997-37.

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  • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
  • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

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