Explicit versus implicit income insurance

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-20

  Kniesner, Thomas J ^a   Ziliak, James P ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Implicit insurance; Income taxes; PSID; Transfer payments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013204541     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016340413134     Document Type: Review

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