How do the Richest 1% Own 50% of the National Wealth in an Integrated Walrasian Equilibrium and Neoclassical Growth Model

This paper proposes a dynamic economic model of heterogeneous households to explain economic mechanisms of how the richest one per cent of the population own 50% of national wealth. We explain inequality in a purely competitive economic environment with endogenous wealth and human capital accumulati...

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Main Author: Wei-Bin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo 2015-08-01
Series:International Journal of Economic Behavior
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Online Access:http://ijeb.faa.ro/download/498_5%20_15-12_%20-%20Zhang.pdf