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Minimum Consumption Requirements: Theoretical and Quantitative Implications for Growth and Distribution

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  • Chatterjee, S.
  • Ravikumar, B.

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    (University of Iowa)

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We study the impact of a minimum consumption requirement on the rate of economic growth and the evolution of wealth distribution.

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Paper provided by University of Iowa, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 97-15.

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Length: 25 pages
Date of creation: 1997
Handle: RePEc:uia:iowaec:97-15
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University of Iowa, Department of Economics, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Phone: (319) 335-0829
Fax: (319) 335-1956
Web page: http://tippie.uiowa.edu/economics/

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Keywords: CONSUMPTION ; ECONOMIC GROWTH ; WEALTH DISTRIBUTION;

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  • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
  • D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General

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