A comprehensive study of the personal income distribution (PID) in the USA is carried out. Principal characteristics of the PID in USA are established.A microeconomic model of the personal income distribution and evolution with time is developed. The model balances two processes - individual...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The MC Model -- 3 Interest Rate Effects -- 4 Testing the NAIRU Model -- 5 U.S. Wealth Effects -- 6 Testing for a New Economy in the 1990s -- 7 A "Modern" View of Macroeconomics -- 8 Estimated European...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The MC Model -- 3. Interest Rate Effects -- 4. Testing the NAIRU Model -- 5. U.S. Wealth Effects -- 6. Testing for a New Economy in the 1990s -- 7. A "Modern" View of Macroeconomics -- 8....

In this paper we try to identify manufacturing and service clusters in Spain, using data from Mercantile Registers of 2006. The proposed methodology partially follows contributions of Duranton and Overman (2005), Brenner (2003 and 2004) and Ellison and Glaser (1997), but departing from them we...