Compensatory inter vivos gifts

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 993-1023

  Stefan, Hochguertel ^a   Ohlsson, Henry ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 70349820707     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1071     Document Type: Article

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