| Description |
285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Savings and Bequests / Toshiaki Tachibanaki -- 2. Intended Bequest Motives, Savings and Life Insurance Demand / Hiroyuki Chuma -- 3. Cost of Care and Bequests / Tadashi Yagi and Hirohisa Maki -- 4. Storing the Option and Saving for Retirement in Canada / Anil K. Gupta, Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise -- 5. Measuring the Bequest Motive: The Effect of Children on Saving by the Elderly in the United States / Michael D. Hurd -- 6. Bequests, Fiscal Policy, and Social Security / Toshihiro Ihori -- 7. Intergenerational Altruism and the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy - New Tests Based on Cohort Data / Andrew B. Abel and Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- 8. Bequest and Asset Distribution: Human Capital Investment and Intergenerational Wealth Transfers / Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Seiji Takata -- 9. The Effect of Bequest Motives on the Composition and Distribution of Assets in France / Luc Arrondel, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau |
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10. Inheritance and the Distribution of Wealth in Britain and Canada / James B. Davies |
| Notes |
"Papers ... presented at the International Conference on Savings and Bequests held in Tokyo, Japan, March 17-18, 1992"--Pref |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Inheritance and succession -- European Economic Community countries -- Congresses.
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Inheritance and succession -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Inheritance and succession -- United States -- Congresses.
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Saving and investment -- European Economic Community countries -- Congresses.
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Saving and investment -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Saving and investment -- United States -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Tachibanaki, Toshiaki, 1943-
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International Conference on Savings and Bequests (1992 : Tokyo, Japan)
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| LC no. |
94006418 |
| ISBN |
0472104985 (alk. paper) |
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(alk. paper) |
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