How do contribution limits affect contributions to tax-preferred savings accounts?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-281

  Milligan, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Income tax; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290180     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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