Data sets

• rich_lists_data.zip

Net worth values from Forbes and other magazines for the US, the world, Russia and China.

Please cite the accompanying paper: Brzezinski Michal (2014), Wealth Distributions and Power Laws: Evidence from "Rich Lists", Physica A, vol. 406, pp. 155-162.

• rich_lists_Poland_anonymised.xls

Wealth estimates and some individual characteristics for the richest Poles from Forbes and Wprost magazines over 2002-2018.

Please cite the accompanying paper: Sałach, K. and M. Brzezinski (2020). Political connections and the super-rich in Poland. Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Working Paper No. 17/2020.