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The Role of Intergenerational Transfers and Life Cycle Saving in the Accumulation of Wealth
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The purpose of this paper is to review what economists know at present about the following question: How large a portion of the existing wealth is the result of a bequest motive, that is, of accumulation for the specific purpose of leaving bequests? But first I will clarify why an answer to this question is of interest.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Modigliani, F.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Perspectives
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 1988-05-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 15-40
- ISSN
- 0895-3309 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2048324696
- Cited by
- 669
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 46.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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