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Bühlmann, F., Christesen, C. A., Cousin, B., Denord, F., Ellersgaard, C. H., Lagneau-Ymonet, P....Yu, X. (2025). Varieties of economic elites? Preliminary results from the World Elite Database (WED). British Journal of Sociology. 76 (3), 663-673

B. Felix et al.,  "Varieties of economic elites? Preliminary results from the World Elite Database (WED)", in British Journal of Sociology, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 663-673, 2025

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	author = "Bühlmann, F. and Christesen, C. A. and Cousin, B. and Denord, F. and Ellersgaard, C. H. and Lagneau-Ymonet, P. and Larsen, A. G. and Savage, M. and Thine, S. and Young, K. and Araujo, P. and Arrigoni, P. and Atria, J. and Benz, P. and Behr, J. and Botelho, M. do C. and Butt, A. and Casanova, P. and Clemente-Casinhas, L. and Castellani, A. and Cescon, F. and Dagnes, J. and Debska, H. and Delval, A.-S. and Dragun, V. and Egas, A. and Emilsson, K. and Fan, X. and Fu, F. and Gentile, J. and Gomes, O. and Gronwald, V. and Heredia, M. and Hjellbrekke, J. and Honório, J. and Huang, J. and Inkley, J. and Johansson, H. and Koiranen, I. and Koivula, A. and Kuusela, H. and Levita, G. and Ling, C. and Lu, P. and Lukas, M. and Lunding, J. and Mahmoudzadeh, M. and McQuade, S. and Méndez, M. L. and Nunes, N. and O'Brien, S. and Otero, G. and Pagnini, M. and Pelfini, A. and Pereira, J. and Roa, C. and Rossier, T. and Saga, M. L. and Santana, D. and Schneickert, C. and Schimpfössl, E. and Schoenberger, F. and Solipa, I. and Trembaczowski, Ł. and Toft, M. and Vale, S. and Vasconcelos, P. and Quesada Velazco, J. and Warczok, T. and Yu, X.",
	title = "Varieties of economic elites? Preliminary results from the World Elite Database (WED)",
	journal = "British Journal of Sociology",
	year = "2025",
	volume = "76",
	number = "3",
	doi = "10.1111/1468-4446.13203",
	pages = "663-673",
	url = "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14684446"
}

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AB  - The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic resources, and on the rules of the game. However, the sociology of elites faces a dual challenge: divergent conceptualisations of what can be considered as a position of economic power and internationally incompatible sources of information hinder comparative analysis. The World Elite Database (WED) addresses this dual challenge, by generating, based on a consistent definition, standardised data for 16 countries. This research note introduces WED, its construction principles, and presents preliminary findings on how economic elites differ across countries.
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