Rising inequality: Transitory or persistent? New evidence from a panel of U.S. tax returns

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue SPRING 2013, 2013, Pages 67-122

  Debacker, Jason ^a   Heim, Bradley ^b   Panousi, Vasia ^c   Ramnath, Shanthi ^d   Vidangos, Ivan ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^d United States Department of the Treasury   (United States)

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EID: 84880958350     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: 15334465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/eca.2013.0004     Document Type: Article

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