Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?
研究美国最高收入人群的构成，发现华尔街（投行、对冲基金等）人士在顶层收入中的占比高于非金融企业高管，且其占比增长更快。
We study how much of the top end of the income distribution is represented by four sectors--non-financial-firm top executives (Main Street); investment bankers and hedge, private equity, and mutual fund investors (Wall Street); corporate lawyers; and athletes and celebrities. Wall Street individuals comprise a higher percentage of the top income brackets than nonfinancial executives of public companies. While top executives' representation in the top brackets has increased from 1994 to 2004, Wall Street's representation has likely increased even more. We discuss the implications of our findings for different explanations for the increased skewness at the highest income levels. The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Society for Financial Studies. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org., Oxford University Press.