Inflation and Inequality

Stefania Albanesi

Macroeconomics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Cross-country evidence on inflation and income inequality suggests that they are positively correlated. I explore the hypothesis that this correlation is the outcome of a distributional conflict underlying the determination of fiscal policy.

Keywords: Inflation; Inequality; Distribution; Bargaining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 E4 E5 E6 H2 H3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 pages
Date: 2002-01-10
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