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We incorporate the fact that inheritances create a second distinguishing characteristic of individuals, in addition to earning abilities, into an optimum income taxation model with bequests motivated by joy of giving. We show that a tax on inheritances and a uniform tax on all expenditures...
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same redistributive effect as an inheritance tax but does not distort the bequest decision. …
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incentives. We study how three changes in Swedish inheritance taxation 2004-2005 have affected daily all-cause mortality. Our …
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This paper has two objectives. The first is to study the revenue from the gift, inheritance, and estate taxes in Sweden …
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This paper studies the evolution of the modern Swedish inheritance taxation from its introduction in 1885 to its … rules, we calculate inheritance tax rates for the whole period for a number of differently endowed family firms and … individuals. The overall trend in inheritance tax burden exhibits an inverse-U shape for all firms and individuals. Up until World …
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incentives. We study how two changes in Swedish inheritance taxation 2003/04 and 2004/05 have affected mortality during the turns … likely to have died on New Year' Day 2005, from when the inheritance tax was repealed, rather than on New Year's Eve 2004 … a married spouse were 12 percentage points more likely to have died on New Year's Day 2004, from when the inheritance …
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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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We argue that positive comovements between land prices and business investment are a driving force behind the broad … joint dynamics of land prices and business investment. …
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guarantee existence. When investment adjustment costs are introduced, the monetary and fiscal policy dichotomy is in principle …
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