利用富豪榜研究超级富豪与顶端财富不平等：来自瑞士的证据

Abstract We present a new data set we built based on Swiss rich lists going back to 1989. We show, among other things, that 60% of the super-rich are heirs—a fraction twice as large as in the United States—and that wealth mobility at the very top has declined significantly. We find that top 0.01% wealth shares are higher than what previous estimates based on wealth tax statistics suggest. At the same time, we argue that rich list data lead to overestimating wealth inequality. Although rich lists are valuable to study the super-rich, we recommend using reported wealth figures with caution.