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CESifo Forum 1/2015 (Spring): Disputes about the Piketty’s r>g Hypothesis on Wealth Inequality


Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015

With his book on distribution issues, Thomas Piketty made the formula r>g renowned worldwide and triggered a great deal of discussion. In the CESifo Forum 1/2015 Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl and Daniel Waldenström, all from the ZEW, Ton van Schaik, University of Tilburg, Debraj Ray, New York University, Till van Treeck, University of Duisburg-Essen, and Christoph Schinke, Ifo Institute, all discuss Piketty’s theses. Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics, responds to them personally.

Articles included

Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl, Daniel Waldenström
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
CESifo Forum 16 (1), 03-10
Ton van Schaik
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 11-18

Debraj Ray
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 19-25

Till van Treeck
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 26-34

Christoph Schinke
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 35-39

Thomas Piketty
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 40-49

Assaf Razin
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 50-54

Jens Weidmann
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 55-63

Marc Gronwald, Jana Lippelt
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 64-66

Ifo Institute, Munich, 2015
in: CESifo Forum 16 (1), 67-69