Participation and investment decisions in a retirement plan: The influence of colleagues' choices

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-148

  Duflo, Esther ^a,b   Saez, Emmanuel ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer effects; Retirement saving plans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036274971     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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