DP3470 Inflation and Inequality
| Author(s): | Stefania Albanesi |
| Publication Date: | July 2002 |
| Keyword(s): | bargaining, distributional conflict, fiscal policy, inequality, inflation |
| JEL(s): | D70, E00, E40, E50, E60, H20, H30 |
| Programme Areas: | International Macroeconomics, Public Economics |
| Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=3470 |
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.