Bequests, inter vivos transfers, and wealth distribution

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 892-931

  Nishiyama, S ^a  

^a Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational altruism; Markov perfect equilibrium; Overlapping generations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036816312     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.2002.0185     Document Type: Article

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