Individual risk in an investment-based social security system

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1116-1125

  Feldstein, Martin ^a   Ranguelova, Elena ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0040970322     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.4.1116     Document Type: Article

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