T his paper studies top income shares in Iran, using 26 Household Expenditure and Income Surveys conducted by the Statistical Center of Iran over the period 1985-2015. It is shown that after the imposed Iran-Iraq war, top income groups were raising their real income and income share by 2006; however, both their share and real income fell immediately after 2006 such that the numbers a...

Abstract This paper considers the role of asset price bubbles (crashes) as an important determinant in seeking a further explanation for top income shares. The caused at least part by monetary policies, along with other determinants such tax rates and innovativeness are drivers to explain surge empirical results show that correlation between inequality is positive significant. regression coeffi...

Abstract Information about the share of total income held by richest 1%, or other top groups, is increasingly used to discuss inequality levels and trends within between nations. A ratio group divided personal (the ‘income control total’). We compare two approaches estimating totals: ‘external’ approach World Inequality Database, an augmented ‘internal’ approach. argue in favour latter, with re...