Levels and Trends in U.S. Income and its Distribution: A Crosswalk from Market Income towards a Comprehensive Haig-Simons Income Approach

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-293

  Armour, Philip ^a   Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Larrimore, Jeff ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

C81; D31; H24; J3

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000868532     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/0038-4038-2013.175     Document Type: Article

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