Aggregate Implications of Wealth Redistribution: The Case of Inflation

Martin Schneider and Matthias Doepke

No 5552, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This paper shows that a zero-sum redistribution of wealth within a country can have persistent aggregate effects. Motivated by the case of an unanticipated inflation episode, we consider redistribution shocks that shift resources from old to young households. Aggregate effects arise because there are asymmetries in the reaction of winners and losers to changes in wealth. We focus on two sources of asymmetries: differences in the average age of winners and losers, and differences in their labour force status.

Keywords: Aggregate effects; inflation; Redistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D58 E31 E50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03
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