Is Inheritance Legitimate?

Ethical and Economic Aspects of Wealth Transfers
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-3-642-08301-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 382 g

Reihe: Ethical Economy

On 8 November 1995 we organized the conference Is Inheritance Legitimate? Ethical and Economic Aspects of Wealth Transfers at the University of Antwerp (UFSIA). The conference brought together economists, philosophers and other social scientists to discuss the issues of bequest and inheritance. The conference programme featured five invited contributions; the revised versions of these five papers consitute the core of this book (Chapters 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7). Also included in this book are the written versions of the comments presented by the two discussants (Chapters 5 and 8). We also gave the opportunity to the authors who defended two radically different opinions on bequest and inheritance to comment upon one another's position (Chapters 9 and 10). Chapter 1 serves as an introduction; it situates the debate on inheritance in a broader ethical and economic framework, and summarizes the main points of the book. The conference was organized as part of a research project funded by the Flemish Fonds voor Wetenschap'pelijk Onderzoek (project number G. 0032. 95). Within UFSIA the conference was hosted by the 'Vakgroep Arbeidseconomie' of the Studiecentrum voor Economisch en Sociaal Onderzoek (SESO) and the Centrum voor Ethiek. The secretarial staff of SESO, in particular Annernarie Bunneghem and Linda Teunkens, did an excellent job in organizing the conference. Patricia De Bruyn and Tom Schatteman were extremely helpful in preparing the manuscript for the publisher. Antwerp, January 1997. Guido Erreygers and Toon Vandevelde, Editors CONTENTS Preface.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vandevelde, Toon

Erreygers, Guido

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Inheritance Taxation, Equal Opportunities and the Desire of Immortality.- 2 Views on Inheritance in the History of Economic Thought.- 3 Bequests Motives and Models of Inheritance: A Survey of the Literature.- 4 Bequest and Inheritance: Empirical Issues and France-U.S. Comparison.- 5 Bequests and Inheritance Taxation: A Comment.- 6 Distributive Justice and Inheritance.- 7 The Hidden Costs of Inheritance Taxation.- 8 Nothing Wrong With Unearned Wealth? A Comment on Haslett and Bracewell-Milnes.- 9 A Reply to Bracewell-Milnes.- 10 Response to David Haslett.- Index of Names.- List of Authors.