Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?

Steven N. Kaplan & Joshua Rauh
Published Date
Copyright 2010
Book: Corporate Governance
Book editor: Michael Weisbach
PUBLISHER: The Review of Financial Studies, vol. 23, no. 3, March 2010
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Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?
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Author(s): Steven N. Kaplan & Joshua Rauh
We consider how much of the top end of the income distribution can be attributed to four sectors -- top executives of...

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