The Preference for Wealth and Inequality: Towards a Piketty Theory of Wealth Inequality
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- Jean-Baptiste Michau & Yoshiyasu Ono & Matthias Schlegl, 2023. "The Preference for Wealth and Inequality: Towards a Piketty Theory of Wealth Inequality," ISER Discussion Paper 1223, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
- Jean-Baptiste Michau & Yoshiyasu Ono & Matthias Schlegl, 2023. "The Preference for Wealth and Inequality: Towards a Piketty Theory of Wealth Inequality," CESifo Working Paper Series 10824, CESifo.
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Keywords
Capital accumulation; Progressive wealth tax; Wealth inequality; Wealth preference;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-FDG-2023-12-18 (Financial Development and Growth)
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- NEP-PBE-2023-12-18 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2023-12-18 (Public Finance)
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