Capital income taxation when inherited wealth is not observable

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2475-2490

  Cremer, Helmuth ^a   Pestieau, Pierre ^b   Rochet, Jean Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capital income taxation; Inherited wealth altruism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141643406     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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