The Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) provides information about house-hold wealth (real and financial … framework for our analysis is the "Guidelines for Micro Statistics on Household Wealth" from the OECD (2013). We have two main … via weighting and imputation as well as further points which might restrict cross-country comparability of net wealth. We …

The Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) provides information about household wealth (real and financial …

The Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) provides information about household wealth (real and financial …

Today’s record levels of economic inequality are infecting our future as the top 0.01% bequest vast wealth to their … desire to maximize quantity of offspring. Coupled with the long history of dynastic family wealth in England, this science …). These DFTs will be larded with innovative provisions leveraging a founder’s wealth to maximize descendants’ status for …

insights into the role of country-specific shocks in shaping long-run wealth dynamics. This paper presents the first … comprehensive study of wealth and its distribution in Germany since the 19th century. We combine tax and archival data, household … surveys, historical national accounts, and rich lists to analyze the evolution of the German wealth distribution over the long …

insights into the role of country-specific shocks in shaping long-run wealth dynamics. This paper presents the first … comprehensive study of wealth and its distribution in Germany since the 19th century. We combine tax and archival data, household … surveys, historical national accounts, and rich lists to analyze the evolution of the German wealth distribution over the long …

number of studies have explored empirically the determinants of extraordinary wealth. Using a large dataset we investigate … whether globalization and corruption affect extreme wealth accumulation. We find evidence that an increase in globalization …

The dissertation elaborates on topics that are related to (i) intergenerational transfers of wealth and to (ii) how …