Trust and Estate Planning: The Emergence of a Profession and Its Contribution to Socioeconomic Inequality

Sociological Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 825-846

  Harrington, Brooke ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elites; Family economics; Inequality; Professions; Stratification; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869020664     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2012.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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