Bach, Stefan; Thiemann, Andreas; Zucco, Aline - In: International Tax and Public Finance 26 (2019) 6, pp. 1234-1258
We analyse the top tail of the wealth distribution in France, Germany, and Spain using the first and second waves of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Since top wealth is likely to be under-represented in household surveys, we integrate big fortunes from rich lists, estimate a...