Tax incentives and the demand for life insurance: Evidence from Italy

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 1779-1799

  Jappelli, Tullio ^a   Pistaferri, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Portfolio choice; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042342754     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00180-3     Document Type: Article

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