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Is Inheritance Legitimate?

Ethical and Economic Aspects of Wealth Transfers

Part of the book series: Ethical Economy (SEEP)

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Table of contents (10 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Bequests Motives and Models of Inheritance: A Survey of the Literature

    • André Masson, Pierre Pestieau
    Pages 54-88
  3. Bequest and Inheritance: Empirical Issues and France-U.S. Comparison

    • Luc Arrondel, André Masson, Pierre Pestieau
    Pages 89-125
  4. Bequests and Inheritance Taxation: A Comment

    • Erik Schokkaert
    Pages 126-132
  5. Distributive Justice and Inheritance

    • D. W. Haslett
    Pages 133-155
  6. The Hidden Costs of Inheritance Taxation

    • Barry Bracewell-Milnes
    Pages 156-201
  7. A Reply to Bracewell-Milnes

    • D. W. Haslett
    Pages 210-220
  8. Response to David Haslett

    • Barry Bracewell-Milnes
    Pages 221-230
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 231-236

Editors and Affiliations

  • SESO-UFSIA, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen 1, Belgium

    Guido Erreygers

  • Centrum voor Economie en Ethiek, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Toon Vandevelde

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Is Inheritance Legitimate?

  • Book Subtitle: Ethical and Economic Aspects of Wealth Transfers

  • Editors: Guido Erreygers, Toon Vandevelde

  • Series Title: Ethical Economy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03343-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-62725-8Published: 19 June 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08301-3Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03343-2Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2211-2707

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-2723

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 236

  • Topics: Economics, general

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