Do Germans save to leave an estate? An examination of the bequest motive

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 391-414

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bequest motive; Life cycle model; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040924367     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00252     Document Type: Article

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