The effects of a continuous increase in lifetime on saving

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-183

  Kageyama, Junji ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

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EID: 0038166943     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4991.00081     Document Type: Review

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