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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Charalampidis, Nikolaos

Titel

The National Wealth–Income Ratio in Greece, 1974–2013

Ist Teil von

• The Review of income and wealth, 2018-03, Vol.64 (1), p.83-104

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Can the rise of wealth–income ratios observed in rich economies be found in the case of Greece as well? This paper uses a generalization of a two‐good wealth accumulation equation to estimate the evolution of the national wealth–income ratio, and finds that, similarly to the European evidence, the ratio rises from about 280 percent in the 1970s to about 500 percent on the eve of the current financial crisis. On average, during 1974–96, the saving‐induced wealth growth cancels out the capital losses, whereas in the subsequent decade, 1997–2007, the balance changes considerably when the saving effect vanishes and the prolonged capital gains result in a rising wealth–income ratio. During the recession, income falls faster than wealth. The results remain robust to several alterations of the benchmark framework.