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DP3470 | Inflation and Inequality
Author(s)
Stefania Albanesi
Publication Date
20/07/2002
JEL Code(s)
D70, E00, E40, E50, E60, H20, H30
Keyword(s)
inflation, Inequality, Distributional Conflict, Fiscal policy, Bargaining
Programme Area(s)
International Macroeconomics, Public Economics
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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.