Fearing the worst: the importance of uncertainty for inequality

DOI10.1007/s00199-015-0876-9zbMath1367.91125OpenAlexW2036263544MaRDI QIDQ747350

David Chivers, Keith Blackburn

Publication date: 23 October 2015

Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/16468/1/16468.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintyloss aversioninequalityaspirations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Economic growth models (91B62)

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