Inequality and Finance in Macrodynamics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bökemeier, Bettina (Editor), Greiner, Alfred (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance, 23
• Subjects: Finance, Public.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Macroeconomics.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Financial Crises.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Public Finance.

This contributed volume combines approaches of the current inequality debate with aspects of finance based on profound macroeconomic model analyses. Research on inequality has had a long tradition in economics. With the financial crisis from 2007, not only output decreased tremendously, but also ine...

Table of Contents:

• Inequality in Germany and the US: An Introductory Note
• Assessing Public Spending Efficiency in 20 OECD Countries
• Government Debt, Fiscal Rules and Singular Growth Dynamics
• Financial Liberalization, Inequality and Inclusion in Low-Income Countries
• On (Non-)-Neutrality of Public Debt in Growing Economies
• Financial Intermediation and Directed Technical Change
• Sustainability of Public Debt in an AK Model with Complex Tax System
• Demographic Change and the Rates of Return to Risky Capital and Safe Debt
• Financing Sustainable Growth through Energy Exports and Implications for Human Capital Investment
• Macroeconomic Risk, Fiscal Policy Rules and Aggregate Volatility in Asymmetric Currency Unions: A Behavioral Perspective
• Asset Accumulation with Heterogeneous Households – the Rise of Wealth Disparity.