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projects associated with different productivity growth rates. Access to investment projects also depends on credit availability … that aggregate dynamics is affected by income distribution. Moreover, we show that the model features a trickle-up growth … dynamics. Redistribution towards poorer households raises aggregate demand and is beneficial for the income growth of all …
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This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political regimes significantly lead to inferior economic...
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This paper develops a multi-country post-Kaleckian demand-led growth model that incorporates the role of the government …
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cent to 34.4 per cent. Despite strong average income growth, the poorest 50 per cent only made moderate gains, which came … income of the bottom that matters more than its growth. We show that the role of the personal income tax in regulating …
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We study the impact of heterogeneous saving behavior on the distributional effects of public investment. A capital tax is levied to finance productive public capital in an economy with two types of households: high income households who save dynastically and middle income households who save for...
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We build a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous households, namely Rich and Poor, and capital skill complementarity structure in the production function, to study aggregate and distributional implications of fiscal consolidation policies when the government uses a rich set of...
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