Bequests, taxation and the distribution of wealth in a general equilibrium model

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1247-1271

  Bossmann, Martin ^a   Kleiber, Christian ^b   Wälde, Klaus ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Bequest; OLG model; Taxation; Wealth inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249717889     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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