Top incomes in the UK over the 20th century

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-343

  Atkinson, A B ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Income tax; Interpolation; National income; Pareto distribution; Taxation

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EID: 15844409802     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2005.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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