The wealth distribution in Bewley economies with capital income risk

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2015
Volume: 159
Issue: PA
Pages: 489-515

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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

Abstract

We study the wealth distribution in Bewley economies with idiosyncratic capital income risk. We show analytically that under rather general conditions on the stochastic structure of the economy, a unique ergodic distribution of wealth displays a fat tail.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:159:y:2015:i:pa:p:489-515
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24