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This paper examines data from U.S. federal tax returns to shed light on whether the timing of death is responsive to its tax consequences. We investigate the temporal pattern of deaths around the time of changes in the estate tax system periods when living longer, or dying sooner, could...
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denial of mortality-relevant information interact with intertemporal choices and may lead to time-inconsistent behavior and … other "behavioral" phenomena. In the model, repression of signals of mortality leads to underconsumption for unsophisticated … to act according to one's mortality prospects as currently perceived. We show that the mere possibility of engaging in …
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