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

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.