How Can Economic Policy Strike a Balance between Economic Efficiency and Income Equality?

Can income equality be combined with high economic efficiency and rapid economic growth? Fortunately, we need not to answer such a general question. Indeed, the question is poorly phrased. The relationship between income and wealth distribution, on one hand, and efficiency/growth, on the other, depends on how a certain distribution of income and wealth has come about.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Lindbeck, Assar
Publisher:	Stockholm : The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI)
Subject:	Wirtschaftspolitisches Ziel \| Wirtschaftliche Effizienz \| Einkommensumverteilung \| Verteilungsgerechtigkeit \| Income \| Economic growth \| Wealth

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Series:	IUI Working Paper ; 505
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/95110 [Handle] RePEc:hhs:iuiwop:0505 [RePEc]
Classification:	E20 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment. General ; E25 - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution ; O47 - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity
Source:	EconStor

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