Replication Data for: The super-rich in global perspective: a quantitative analysis of the Forbes list of billionaires, Applied Economics Letters, 11 (13), 2004, pp. 793-796

Why are there more super-rich people in some countries than in others? Extraordinary wealth is often regarded with envy and might raise the suspicion that it can only be accumulated with the help of a minimalist state that does not concern itself with the plight of the many. This raises the issue whether a high number of billionaires can co-exist with a high-taxing, interventionist, social and welfare spending government? These two questions are at the heart of this paper’s analysis. To answer them a quantitative analysis of the global Forbes list of billionaires is undertaken.为何部分国家的超级富豪人数多于其他国家？巨额财富往往招致艳羡，甚至可能引发质疑：认为此类财富唯有借助不关注普罗大众困境的极简政府（minimalist state）方能积累。这引申出一个议题：亿万富豪数量可观的社会，能否与高税收、干预主义且高社会福利支出的政府共存？这两个问题正是本研究分析的核心。为解答上述疑问，本研究针对全球福布斯亿万富豪榜开展了量化分析。