-holders, this study sheds light on the roles of family relationships inwealth accumulation, succession, and inheritance. Despite the … transmissionof wealth through generations. As business owners consider dynastic ambitions,tax minimization, and trust, they create …

generations, leading to a society dominated by unearned, hereditary wealth. Alas, this logic holds true only if the wealthy never … dissipate their wealth through spending, charitable giving, taxation, and splitting bequests among multiple heirs …

This symposium paper, originally presented at the September 19, 2008 NYU Tax Law Review Symposium on inheritance …." The paper draws on historical debates over inheritance law to identify and examine three rather different ideals of the … with family life in such a way as to oppose the taxation of inheritance, there are equally plausible interpretations …

A key question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in analyzing this … issue, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes … political connections in generating wealth, entrepreneurs who did not use such connections, and those who inherited wealth. We …