The timing and division of parental transfers to children

Economics Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-137

  Dunn, Thomas A ^a   Phillips, John W ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Bequests; Transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286409     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(97)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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