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Example sentences for: bequest

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Yet another theory is that parents are governed by a "strategic bequest motive," using their estates to purchase attention from their grown children.
Bequest motives interact with economic policy in surprising ways.
Parallel to the strategic bequest motive, we can hypothesize a "strategic gift motive" that operates while the parents are still alive.
An alternative theory is that a bequest is a mistake.
The desire to leave a bequest may explain why the elderly do not fully deplete their wealth and some even continue to save during retirement.