Optimal portfolio choice for long-horizon investors with nontradable labor income

Journal of Finance

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 433-470

  Viceira, Luis M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039192952     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00333     Document Type: Article

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