The super-rich in global perspective: A quantitative analysis of the Forbes list of billionaires

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 793-796

  Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EQUITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 7044263205     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485042000258283     Document Type: Article

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