ABSTRACT
The core of the book consists of a selection of papers presented at an international workshop where researchers from a variety of fields and countries discussed the connections between inherited wealth, justice and equality. The volume is complemented by a few other papers commissioned by the editors. The contributions cover historical, political, philosophical, sociological and economic aspects.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 4|16 pages
Equal inheritance and equal shares
A reconsideration of some nineteenth-century reform proposals
chapter 8|22 pages
Favouring wealth intergenerational mobility by increasing the inheritance tax
Putting the case for France
chapter 13|18 pages
To give or not to give?
Inter vivos gifts of mobile property and donor profile before and after the 2004 Flemish Gift Tax Reform
