Estate taxation, entrepreneurship, and wealth

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-111

  Cagetti, Marco ^a   De Nardi, Mariacristina ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 67349090216     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.1.85     Document Type: Article

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