The effects of annuities, bequests, and aging in an overlapping generations model of endogenous growth

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 440, 1997, Pages 26-46

  Pecchenino, Rowena A ^a   Pollard, Patricia S ^a  

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EID: 0002859565     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00140     Document Type: Article

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