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UNU-WIDER Long-Run Changes in the Concentration of Wealth: An Overview of Recent Findings

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Long-Run Changes in the Concentration of Wealth: An Overview of Recent Findings

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Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2006/103
Title:
Long-Run Changes in the Concentration of Wealth: An Overview of Recent Findings
Authors:
Henry Ohlsson, Jesper Roine, and Daniel Waldenström
Publication date:
2006
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
9291908878
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291908875
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2006
Keywords:
wealth concentration, wealth distribution, inequality, income distribution, Denmark, Norway, Sweden
JEL:
D31, H2, J3, N3
Project:
Personal Assets from a Global Perspective
Sponsor:
The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online
 
This paper has also been translated into Chinese and is published in the journal Comparative Studies, 2007, issue 33 (November): 117-138.
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