Measuring income and wealth at the top using administrative and survey data

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn 2016, Issue SPRING, 2016, Pages 261-331

  Bricker, Jesse ^a   Krimmel, Jacob ^b   Henriques, Alice ^a   Sabelhaus, John ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84988419318     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: 15334465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/eca.2016.0016     Document Type: Article

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