The increase in income cyclicality of high-income households and its relation to the rise in top income shares

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-55

  Parker, Jonathan A ^a   Vissing Jorgensen, Annette ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051573866     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: 15334465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/eca.2010.0019     Document Type: Article

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