Economic Elites and Income Inequality: Economic elites, investments, and income inequality

Social Forces

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 437-461

  Nau, Michael ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888320287     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sot102     Document Type: Article

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