This paper studies the optimal taxation of bequests in a model in which agents have heterogeneous preferences over their consumption and the net-of-tax bequest received by their heir. The bequest left by an individual depends on both her degree of altruism and the bequest received from her...

Problemstellung und thematische Abgrenzung -- Deutsches internationales Erbschaft- und Schenkungsteuerrecht -- Internationale Erbschaft- und Schenkungsteuer in Frankreich, Großbritannien und den Niederlanden -- Ursachen für die Doppelbesteuerung und vermögensunabhängige Möglichkeiten zu...

"Abstract: This essay considers the appropriate conceptual framework for assessing the taxation of private transfers to individuals. Although it is conventional to emphasize the role of estate and gift taxation or inheritance taxation in redistributing income from the rich to the poor, the...