Are assets fungible?: Testing the behavioral theory of life-cycle savings

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-83

  Levin, Laurence ^a  

^a International Arbitration and Litigation Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral models; D91: Intertemporal consumer choice; E21: Consumption; Life cycle; Life cycle models and savings; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039993929     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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