Income Inequality : Does Inflation Matter? /

This paper contributes to the income inequality literature that is based on the traditional Kuznets model. Price stability, financial deepening, level of development, state employment, and fiscal redistribution are found to enhance income equality in a given country. While the effect of price stabil...

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Главный автор: Bulir, Ales
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/007
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF
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