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This paper presents a general equilibrium model with logarithmic preferences and technology. If the non-negativity constraint on bequests is strictly binding, then the bequest motive is characterized as inoperative. After determining the conditions for operative and inoperative bequest motives,...
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-experimental variation generated by reforms of bequest taxation (estate or inheritance tax, in the U.S.) and taxes on inter vivos real estate …
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inheritance and the other of those who do. The first tagged group gets a second-best tax à la Mirrlees; the second group a first …-best tax schedule. The solution implies that receiving an inheritance makes high-ability types worse off and low-ability types …
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this model a redistributive motive for an inheritance tax - which is equivalent to a uniform tax on all expenditures …
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I study a model of a representative individual who has a motive for leaving bequests and is at risk of needing long-term care in old age. I assume - as is typical for OECD countries - that the individual is not fully insured against this risk. Moreover, at realization the individual is unable to...
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