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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Thanatology and Economics: The Behavioral Economics of Death

  • Joel Slemrod
American Economic Review
vol. 93, no. 2, May 2003
(pp. 371–375)
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Citation

Slemrod, Joel. 2003. "Thanatology and Economics: The Behavioral Economics of Death ." American Economic Review, 93 (2): 371–375. DOI: 10.1257/000282803321947371

JEL Classification

  • H24 Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
  • I12 Health Production
  • D19 Household Behavior and Family Economics: Other