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Government Debt, Income Distribution and Growth

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  • You, Jong-Il
  • Dutt, Amitava Krishna

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This paper takes up the question of whether government debt worsens the distribution of income as tax revenues from workers are used to pay for the interest on the debt held by the rich. In so doing, we develop a post-Keynesian model in which growth is determined by aggregate demand rather than by the supply of resources and income is distributed between workers who earn wages and capitalists who receive profit and interest income. Our analysis highlights the possible expansionary effect of a rise in government debt which may raise the income of the workers, and it shows that its precise effect on income inequality depends on the circumstances under which government debt rises. (c) 1996 Academic Press Limited. Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

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  • You, Jong-Il & Dutt, Amitava Krishna, 1996. "Government Debt, Income Distribution and Growth," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 20(3), pages 335-351, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:20:y:1996:i:3:p:335-51
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