What do we know about the evolution of top wealth shares in the United States?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-66

  Kopczuk, Wojciech ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84922454100     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: 19447965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.29.1.47     Document Type: Article

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