Age, luck, and inheritance /

We present a mechanism to analytically generate a double Pareto distribution of wealth in a continuous time OLG model with optimizing agents who have bequest motives, are subject to stochastic returns on capital and have uncertain lifespans. We disentangle, roughly, the contribution of inheritance,...

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Main Author: Benhabib, Jess, 1948-
Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors: Zhu, Shenghao, 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2008
Series:Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; working paper no. 14128
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Call Number: H11.N27534 no.14128