Social Security Reform in the United States

National Tax Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 819-842

  Samwick, Andrew A ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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