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Foellmi, Reto was born on December 5, 1975 in Feusisberg, Switzerland. Son of Marcel Foellmi and Rosemarie Foellmi-Kuster.
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Income Distribution in Macroeconomic Models
( This book looks at the distribution of income and wealt...)
This book looks at the distribution of income and wealth and the effects that this has on the macroeconomy, and vice versa. Is a more equal distribution of income beneficial or harmful for macroeconomic growth, and how does the distribution of wealth evolve in a market economy? Taking stock of results and methods developed in the context of the 1990s revival of growth theory, the authors focus on capital accumulation and long-run growth. They show how rigorous, optimization-based technical tools can be applied, beyond the representative-agent framework of analysis, to account for realistic market imperfections and for political-economic interactions. The treatment is thorough, yet accessible to students and nonspecialist economists, and it offers specialist readers a wide-ranging and innovative treatment of an increasingly important research field. The book follows a single analytical thread through a series of different growth models, allowing readers to appreciate their structure and crucial assumptions. This is particularly useful at a time when the literature on income distribution and growth has developed quickly and in several different directions, becoming difficult to overview.
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Reto Foellmi
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Master of Arts in Economics, University Zurich, 2000. Doctor of Philosophy, University Zurich, 2003.
Career
Assistant professor macroeconomics University Zurich, Switzerland, 2003—2004. Associate professor macroeconomics University Berne, Switzerland, since 2007. Professor, international economics University St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Visiting scholar department economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004—2005. Research affiliate Center Economic Policy Research, London, since 2009. Captain Transmission Troops, 2009, Switzerland.
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Income Distribution in Macroeconomic Models
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Income Distribution in Macroeconomic Models
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Treasurer Municipality Feusisberg, Switzerland, 1996—2004. Member of Avenir Suisse (Zurich) (science committee member since 2010), World Trade Institute (Berne) (board member since 2010), German Economic Association, Swiss Officers' Association, Econometric Society, American Economic Association.
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Roman Catholic