Inequality and debt in a model with heterogeneous agents

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2014
Volume: 123
Issue: 2
Pages: 177-182

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We show that to account for the cross-sectional divergence in debt-to-income ratios in US data a DSGE model must assume a tax reallocation across the top- and bottom-income quantile of the population, rather than differential productivity growth, and low cost of access to financial intermediation.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:123:y:2014:i:2:p:177-182
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29