Top incomes and the great recession: Recent evolutions and policy implications

IMF Economic Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 456-478

  Piketty, Thomas ^a   Saez, Emmanuel ^b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84885166557     PISSN: 20414161     EISSN: 2041417X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/imfer.2013.14     Document Type: Article

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