401 (k) Plans and Future Patterns of Retirement Saving

American Economic Review

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Poterba, James M ^a   Venti, Steven F ^b   Wise, David A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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