The retirement-consumption puzzle: A marital bargaining approach

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1199-1218

  Lundberg, Shelly ^a   Startz, Richard ^a   Stillman, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Household consumption; Married couples; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038406192     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00169-4     Document Type: Article

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