Inheritance and the Distribution of Wealth

Frank Cowell ()

STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers from Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

Abstract: The theory of functional equations is used to clarify the relationship between equilibrium distributions of wealth and population parameters such as the distribution of families by size, marriage patterns, tax mechanisms and savings behaviour within a simple model of inheritance.

Keywords: Inheritance; wealth; Pareto distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-05
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Working Paper: Inheritance and the distribution of wealth (1998)
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