How risky are recessions for top earners?

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 148-153

  Guvenen, Fatih ^a   Kaplan, Greg ^b   Song, Jae ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

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EID: 84901408042     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.5.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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