A model of intergenerational transfers

Economic Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 399-418

  Fan, Chengze Simon ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transfer; Life cycle hypothesis; Markov perfect equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035530134     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004111     Document Type: Article

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