Pareto and Piketty: The macroeconomics of top income and wealth inequality

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-46

  Jones, Charles I ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84922417657     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: 19447965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.29.1.29     Document Type: Article

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