The mismatch between life insurance holdings and financial vulnerabilities: Evidence from the health and retirement study

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 354-365

  Bernheim, B Douglas ^a,b   Forni, Lorenzo ^c   Gokhale, Jagadeesh ^d   Kotlikoff, Laurence J ^b,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 0242352969     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803321455340     Document Type: Article

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