Non-linear taxation of bequests, equal sharing rules and the tradeoff between intra- and inter-family inequalities

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-53

  Cremer, Helmuth ^a   Pestieau, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equal sharing rules; Inequality; Taxation of bequests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035216438     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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