Keeping up with or running away from the Joneses : the Barro model revisited
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- Thi Kim Cuong Pham, 2019. "Keeping up with or running away from the Joneses: the Barro model revisited," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 126(2), pages 179-192, March.
- Thi Kim Cuong Pham, 2018. "Keeping Up with or Running Away from the Joneses: the Barro Model Revisited," Working Papers of BETA 2018-29, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
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Keywords
Income tax; Lump-sum tax; Keeping up with the Joneses; Public spending; Running away from the Joneses; Status-seeking;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
- O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
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