Arbeitspapier
Increasing inequality and financial instability
Rising inequality affects the composition of asset demands as well as aggregate demand. The poor have few financial assets and their portfolio is skewed towards fixed-income assets. The rich, by contrast, hold a large proportion of their wealth in stocks. Thus, an increase in inequality tends to raise the demand for stocks. This generates capital gains, and these gains can fuel a bubble, as desired portfolios shift further towards stocks.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2011-20
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
General Aggregative Models: Marxian; Sraffian; Kaleckian
Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- Thema
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earnings inequality
portfolio composition
financial instability
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Skott, Peter
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics
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Amherst, MA
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2011
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Skott, Peter
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics
Entstanden
- 2011