Behavioral responses to the estate tax: Inter vivos giving

National Tax Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4 PART 1, 2000, Pages 913-931

  McGarry, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0039847623     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2000.4.08     Document Type: Article

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