Saving behavior and wealth accumulation in a pure lifecycle model with income uncertainty

European Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-258

  Irvine, Ian ^a   Wang, Susheng ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Income uncertainty; Precautionary saving; Retirement; Wealth accumulation

Indexed keywords

INCOME; RETIREMENT; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 0035104920     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(00)00054-4     Document Type: Article

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