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The role of privately held firms in income inequality

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  • Tuuli Paukkeri

    (VATT Institute for Economic Research and Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research (FIT))

  • Terhi Ravaska

    (Tampere University, VATT Institute for Economic Research and Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research (FIT))

  • Marja Riihelä

    (VATT Institute for Economic Research and Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research (FIT))

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  • Tuuli Paukkeri & Terhi Ravaska & Marja Riihelä, 2023. "The role of privately held firms in income inequality," IFS Working Papers W23/36, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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