Inflation and Inequality

53 Pages Posted: 11 Sep 2002

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Stefania Albanesi

New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business; Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: July 2002

Abstract

Cross-country evidence on inflation and 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, distributional conflict, fiscal policy, bargaining

JEL Classification: D70, E00, E40, E50, E60, H20, H30

Suggested Citation

Albanesi, Stefania and Albanesi, Stefania, Inflation and Inequality (July 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=328462

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