King lear's dilemma: Precommitment versus the last word

Economics Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-176

  Chami, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Bequests; Family; Information asymmetry; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305101     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(96)00859-2     Document Type: Article

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