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The Connection Between Public Transfers and Private Interfamily Transfers

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  • Donald Cox

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  • Donald Cox, 1987. "The Connection Between Public Transfers and Private Interfamily Transfers," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 156, Boston College Department of Economics.
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