Modelling the accumulation and distribution of wealth

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Modelling the accumulation and distribution of wealth

edited by Denis Kessler and André Masson

Clarendon Press, 1988

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Description

This is a collection of papers presented at a conference on the International Comparison of Household Wealth in Paris. The papers include M. King on household portfolio composition and the life cycle; F. Modigliani on the wealth effects of intergenerational transfers; L. Kotlikoff on annuity markets, savings, and the capital stock; E. Wolff on a class analysis of social seniority, pensions, and the life cycle accumulation of wealth; D. Kessler and A. Masson on the distributional consequences of life cycle models; R. Vaughan on savings; J. Davies on inheritance and redistribution; P. Menchik on unequal estate division; H. Cremer and P. Pestieau on varying family size and social security; T. Shorrocks on wealth holdings and entrepreneurial activity; J. Smith on uncertainty; and N. Tomes on the rise and fall of families. Welfare and social economists; those professionally concerned with the issues of income distribution and inequality will find this of special interest.

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  • NCID
    BA03765722
  • ISBN
    • 019828523X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    v, 334 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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