We show how normative standpoints determine optimal taxation of wealth. Since wealth is not equal to capital, we find …

important characteristic of this survey is that it oversamples high-wealth households. Another important characteristic of the … the changes in income, asset holdings, and wealth of Spanish households between the end of 2002 and 2005 …

Kinetic equations modelling the redistribution of wealth in simple market economies is one of the major topics in the … measures. In consequence, we are able to classify the most important feature of the steady wealth distribution, namely the …

measure to account for one such determinant: household wealth. We then analyze the level and distribution of economic well … in that income from wealth is calculated as the sum of lifetime annuity from nonhome wealth and imputed rental … altered when money income is adjusted for wealth. Over the 1989-2000 period, median well-being appears to increase faster when …

or tightening access to mortgages may affect the distribution of household wealth in the country. In a stylised model we … show that the final level of wealth inequality depends on the size of the LTV ratio, housing prices, credit cost and the … strength of a bequest motive; ultimately with no unequivocal effect of LTV ratios on wealth inequality. These trade-offs are …

or tightening access to mortgages may affect the distribution of household wealth in the country. In a stylised model we … show that the final level of wealth inequality depends on the size of the LTV ratio, housing prices, credit cost and the … strength of a bequest motive; ultimately with no unequivocal effect of LTV ratios on wealth inequality. These trade-offs are …

We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twenty years of population … percentile. Second, heterogeneity in returns does not arise merely from differences in the allocation of wealth between safe and … risky assets: returns are heterogeneous even within asset classes. Third, returns are positively correlated with wealth …

Strong intergenerational associations in wealth have fueled a longstanding debate over why children of wealthy parents … tend to be well off themselves. We investigate the role of family background in determining children's wealth accumulation … by Norwegian parents to a population panel data set with detailed information on disaggregated wealth portfolios and …

We study how attitudes to inheritance taxation are influenced by information about the role of inherited wealth in … aggregate importance of inherited wealth and its link to inequality of opportunity significantly increases the support for …. Changes in the perceived economic importance of inherited wealth and altered views on whether luck matters most for economic …