How inheriting affects bequest plans

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10900/65670
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-656702
http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-7090
Dokumentart: Article
Date: 2015-10-18
Source: University of Tübingen Working Papers in Economics and Finance ; 86
Language: English
Faculty: 6 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Department: Wirtschaftswissenschaften
DDC Classifikation: 330 - Economics
Keywords: Economics
Other Keywords:
Bequest behavior
Experience of inheriting
Expectation of inheriting
Intention to bequeath
Family tradition
Intergenerational transfers
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Abstract:

We present and test the idea that bequest planning is linked with the experience of inheriting. We consider “a family tradition of bequeathing” as a channel through which the intention to bequeath is moulded by and is positively correlated with the experience of inheriting. Using data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we find that the experience of inheriting enhances the intention to bequeath, independently of the positive impact of wealth. We also find that the expectation of inheriting has a positive impact on the intention to bequeath, controlling for the expected increase in wealth on account of future inheritances.

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