Does a global wealth tax reduce inequality? When Piketty meets Mankiw
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Keywords
Wealth inequality; Consumption inequality; Wealth tax; r-g;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
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