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American Economic Review: Vol. 90 No. 4 (September 2000)
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A Representative Consumer Theory of Distribution
Article Citation
Caselli, Francesco, and
Jaume Ventura. 2000. "A Representative Consumer Theory of Distribution."
American Economic Review,
90(4): 909-926.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.4.909
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.4.909
Abstract
This paper introduces various sources of consumer heterogeneity in one-sector representative consumer (RC) growth models and develops tools to study the evolution of the distribution of consumptions, assets, and incomes. These tools are applied to the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model of optimal savings and the Arrow-Romer model of productive spillovers. The RC property per se places very few restrictions on the nature of observed distributions, and a wide range of distributive dynamics and income mobility patterns can arise as the equilibrium outcome. An example illustrates how to use these tools to generate quantitative predictions and compare them to the data.
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Caselli, Francesco (Harvard U, CEPR, and NBER)
Ventura, Jaume (MIT, CEPR, and NBER)
Ventura, Jaume (MIT, CEPR, and NBER)
JEL Classifications
O41: One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
E13: General Aggregative Models: Neoclassical
E13: General Aggregative Models: Neoclassical
