In this paper, we take the opportunity to examine wealth portfolios for the middle class and for various corresponding socio-economic groups. We identify the rich, at the top of the income distribution, the middle class (middle 80 percent) and the poor (bottom 20 percent). We examine several...

This paper analyses the availability of external funding for Luxembourgish independent small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) before and during the crisis. SMEs represent a large part of the private sector in Luxembourg. External finance is essential to enable firms to invest in order to...