Delaying inter vivos transmissions under asymmetric information

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 322-330

  Cremer, H ^a   Pestieau, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0032329542     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1060671     Document Type: Article

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