| Titre | L'un transmet, l'autre hérite... | |
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| Auteur | Anne Gotman, André Masson | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 100-101, 1991/4-5 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Héritage Au-delà de la micro-économie de l'héritage |
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| Page | 207-230 | |
| Résumé anglais |
One transfers, another inherits...
by Anne Gotman, André Masson.
The neoclassical approach of inheritance is totally forward-looking, based on the reasons the saver, as a potential bequeather, transfers property. Family sociology, on the other hand, has a clearly backward-looking view of inheritance, based on the relationship between the heir and his family. It provides a possible missing link in the economic approach chain, ie the individual's relationship with his family background and with the property inherited from his parents. A psycho-sociological analysis of the way real property is inherited, based on semi-guided interviews of a sample of recent inheritors, the question being whether the heir will keep his property or sell it, shows that the decision depends in part on the coming together of two somewhat contradictory systems of logic: a backward-looking 'logic of kinship', where the descendants's choices are governed by the sentimental or symbolic value an article of property may have for him and by what his parents may want and a forward-looking logic based on self-interest, which is purely economic in nature. Only bidimensional, neoclassical rationality, bringing the inner conflict between a forward-looking 'self' and a backward-looking 'self' to bear, can account for the observed choices regarding the appropriation of property. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1991_num_100_4_5266 |
