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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2005
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers No. 61
Verlag: 
University of Würzburg, Department of Economics, Würzburg
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper examines the role of bequests and of taxation on bequests for the distribution of wealth. We investigate a model with overlapping generations and heterogenous households where parents derive utility directly from their bequests. Using the coefficient of variation as measure of equality, bequests per se diminish the inequality of wealth since they raise private savings and hence average wealth holdings more than the dispersion of wealth. From a policy perspective, taxing bequests and redistributing government revenue lump-sum among the young generation further decreases wealth inequality. These results also hold when measuring inequality by the Gini coefficient.
Schlagwörter: 
bequest
taxation
wealth inequality
OLG model
analytical solution
JEL: 
D31
H23
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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