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Evidence for the exponential distribution of income in the USA

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  43. Jayadev, Arjun, 2008. "A power law tail in India's wealth distribution: Evidence from survey data," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 387(1), pages 270-276.
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  47. Swapnil Rayal & Apurva Jain & Matthew Lorig, 2024. "Rooftop and Community Solar Adoption with Income Heterogeneity," Papers 2408.11970, arXiv.org.
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