The Rich and the Great Recession /
Most papers explaining the macro causes of the U.S. Great Recession focus on the behavior of the middle class: how its saving rate declined in the pre-crisis years, then surged following the crisis. This paper argues that the saving rate of the rich followed a similar pattern, the result of wealth e...
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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2014.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2014/225 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |