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Charities and the political support for estate taxation

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We explain why wealthy people often favor estate taxation, while wealthless people oppose it. Wealthy people devote part of their estate to charities. Estate taxation with tax breaks for charities increases contributions to an otherwise underprovided public good. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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hal-02520601 , version 1 (26-03-2020)

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Georges Casamatta, Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau. Charities and the political support for estate taxation. Economics Letters, 2012, 115 (3), pp.423-426. ⟨10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.101⟩. ⟨hal-02520601⟩
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