The pay of corporate executives and financial professionals as evidence of rents in top 1 percent incomes

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 57-78

  Bivens, Josh ^a   Mishel, Lawrence ^a  

^a ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84886053328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.3.57     Document Type: Article

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