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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

The Importance of Bequests and Life-Cycle Saving in Capital Accumulation: A New Answer

  • Karen E. Dynan
  • Jonathan Skinner
  • Stephen P. Zeldes
American Economic Review
vol. 92, no. 2, May 2002
(pp. 274–278)
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Citation

Dynan, Karen, E., Jonathan Skinner, and Stephen P. Zeldes. 2002. "The Importance of Bequests and Life-Cycle Saving in Capital Accumulation: A New Answer ." American Economic Review, 92 (2): 274–278. DOI: 10.1257/000282802320189393

JEL Classification

  • D64 Altruism; Philanthropy
  • D91 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
  • D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions