Income and wealth distribution of the richest Norwegian individuals: An inequality analysis
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Using the empirical data from the Norwegian Tax Administration, we analyze the wealth and income of the richest individuals in Norway during the period 2010–2013. We find that both annual income and wealth level of the richest individuals are describable using the Pareto law. We find that the robust mean Pareto exponent over the four-year period to be ≈2.3 for income and ≈1.5 for wealth. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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