A Theory of Optimal Inheritance Taxation

Econometrica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1851-1886

  Piketty, Thomas ^a   Saez, Emmanuel ^b,c  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Inheritance; Optimal taxation; Wealth mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893358258     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10712     Document Type: Article

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