The Crucial Role of Social Welfare Criteria and Individual Heterogeneity for Optimal Inheritance Taxation

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The Crucial Role of Social Welfare Criteria and Individual Heterogeneity for Optimal Inheritance Taxation. / Garcia Miralles, Esteban.

In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 10, No. 2, 29.01.2020.

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Garcia Miralles, E 2020, 'The Crucial Role of Social Welfare Criteria and Individual Heterogeneity for Optimal Inheritance Taxation', The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, vol. 10, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2019-0274

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Garcia Miralles, E. (2020). The Crucial Role of Social Welfare Criteria and Individual Heterogeneity for Optimal Inheritance Taxation. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2019-0274

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Garcia Miralles E. The Crucial Role of Social Welfare Criteria and Individual Heterogeneity for Optimal Inheritance Taxation. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 2020 Jan 29;10(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2019-0274

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Garcia Miralles, Esteban. / The Crucial Role of Social Welfare Criteria and Individual Heterogeneity for Optimal Inheritance Taxation. In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 2020 ; Vol. 10, No. 2.

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