Authors:

  • Andrei Shleifer

Excerpt

Finance and the Preservation of Wealth. Andrei Shleifer, February 2014, Paper. "We introduce the model of asset management developed in Gennaioli, Shleifer, and Vishny (GSV, 2014) into a Solow-style neoclassical growth model with diminishing returns to capital. Savers rely on trusted intermediaries to manage their wealth (claims on capital stock), who can charge fees above costs to trusting investors. In this model, the ratio of financial income to GDP increases with the ratio of aggregate wealth to GDP. Both rise along the convergence path to steady state growth. We examine several further..." Link Verified October 18, 2014