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title: Die later if it saves inheritance tax
date: "2002-03-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1407
description: I empathize with research findings that people tend to delay their death to avoid higher inheritance taxes. This study highlights how significant financial incentives can influence end-of-life timing to preserve wealth for heirs.
keywords: [inheritance tax, behavioral economics, tax policy, end-of-life, kopczuk, slemrod]
---

Kopczuk and Slemrod demostrate that people will [die later if it saves inheritance tax](http://papers.nber.org/papers/W8158). I fully empathise.