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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Autor principal: Bakker, Bas
Otros Autores: Felman, Joshua
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/225
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF