Charitable bequests and taxes on inheritances and estates: aggregate evidence from across states and time

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The effect of federal and state inheritance and estate taxes on charitable bequests is analyzed using pooled cross-sectional data spanning several decades, which is based on aggregated information from federal estate-tax returns. The usage of pooled cross sections of aggregated estate-tax-return data spanning of the 20th century revealed that the incentives for charitable giving present in state and federal estate and inheritance taxes possesses strong effect on charitable bequests.

Author: Gale, William G., Bakija, Jon M., Slemrod, Joel B.
Analysis, Estate tax, Estate taxes, Inheritance and succession

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Dynamic pricing in the presence of antidumping policy: theory and evidence

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A theory explaining the dynamic evolution of the U.S. antidumping duty patterns is studied. A dynamic pricing model is developed to examine a foreign firm's dynamic optimization problem.

Author: Blonigen, Bruce A., Jee-Hyeong Park
Models, Antidumping duties, Pricing policies

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Are banks really special? New evidence from the FDIC-induced failure of healthy banks

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Effects of bank failures on economic downturn with relation to bank regulations are presented.

Author: Ashcraft, Adam B.
Commercial Banks, Public Finance Activities, Management dynamics, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Banking industry, Management, Economic aspects, Company business management, Bank failures, United States. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Subjects list: United States, Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation
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