Bequest and tax planning: Evidence from estate tax returns

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1801-1854

  Kopczuk, Wojciech ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 37249015355     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1801     Document Type: Article

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