Top wealth shares in the United States, 1916-2000: Evidence from estate tax returns

National Tax Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages 445-487

  Kopczuk, Wojciech ^a,b   Saez, Emmanuel ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 3142741680     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2004.2s.05     Document Type: Review

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