In this survey, I summarize and evaluate the extant literature concerning taxation and
personal saving. I describe the theoretical models that economists have used to depict …

As the workhorse of consumption and saving research for the past four decades, the life-
cycle model has proved flexible and useful for examining a variety of questions. In a classic …

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in the field of housing economics
and its application to policy and practice. Two decades on from the publication of Duncan …

I analyse a variety of evidence for Japan and, where available, for the United States on
bequest practices, the importance and nature of bequest motives, bequest division, the …

To explain motives underlying intergenerational transfers within the family, economists
suggest three theoretical hypotheses: altruism, exchange and endogenous altruism due to …

Our analysis of the life insurance holdings of male probated decedents in Ontario in 1892
demonstrates a negative correlation between the level of personal wealth and the demand …

During the past two decades, young adults in 'the establishment phase'(ie when they are
normally undergoing higher education, acquiring their first home and starting a family) in …

Przedmiotem pracy jest podatek dochodowy i jego wpływ na funkcjonowanie gospodarki
oraz jego skuteczność jako narzędzie polityki gospodarczej. Przedstawiono analizę …

This paper provides new evidence on the decomposition of aggregate household wealth
into life-cycle and transfer wealth. Using the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances, it finds that …

According to the debt neutrality theorem, public debt policy possesses no real effects on the
economy and, thus, taxes and national debt are equivalent ways of financing a given …