The standard Keynesian view predicts that equalization of the income distribution leads to an increase in aggregate consumption. We revisit the analysis carried out by the seminal empirical contributions which test such a hypothesis using modern econometric methods and the most comprehensive dataset existing on income distribution measures. Our results indicate that there is no empirical evidence of a negative effect of income inequality on aggregate consumption.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:5625 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus, Kubala, Jozef, Petrikova, Kristina |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, PeerReviewed |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00181-017-1302-x, http://www.springernature.com/de/, http://epub.wu.ac.at/5625/ |
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