The distribution of top incomes in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 83, Issue 262, 2007, Pages 247-261

  Atkinson, Anthony B ^a   Leigh, Andrew ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POST-WAR; TAX SYSTEM; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548781382     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2007.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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