Ederer, Stefan, Rehm, Miriam. 2018. Making sense of Piketty's "fundamental laws" in a Post-Keynesian framework.
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Piketty's main theoretical prediction is that a small elite will own all wealth if capitalism is left to its own devices. We formulate and calibrate a Post-Keynesian model with an endogenous distribution of wealth between workers and capitalists. The model permits Piketty's Corner solution of all wealth held by capitalists; however, it also shows that interior solutions with a stable, non-zero wealth share of workers, a stable wealth-to-income ratio, and a stable and positive gap between the profit and the growth rate determined by the Cambridge equation. Furthermore, simulations show that the model confirms to Piketty's empirical findings in a transitional phase, in which the wealth share of capitalists rises to over 60%, the wealth-toincome ratio increases, and income inequality rises. Finally, we show that the introduction of a wealth tax as suggested by Piketty could neutralize the rise in wealth concentration.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Working/discussion paper, preprint |
Language | English |
Title | Making sense of Piketty's "fundamental laws" in a Post-Keynesian framework. |
Year | 2018 |
URL | http://epub.wu.ac.at/6502/ |
JEL | C63, D31, E12, E21 |
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- Ederer, Stefan (Details)
- Rehm, Miriam (Former researcher)
- Organization
- Economics of Inequality FI (Details)