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NOTE: WP1826 is also the basis for reprint 905 (08/01/87), "Saving of the Elderly and Desired Bequests." From The American Economic Review, Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 298-312, (June 1987).

"Mortality Risk and Bequests." From Econometrica, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 779- 813, (July 1989).

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