Are life insurance holdings related to financial vulnerabilities?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 531-554

  Bernheim, B Douglas ^a   Carman, Katherine Grace ^b   Gokhale, Jagadeesh ^c   Kotlikoff, Laurence J ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 0242361155     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbg026     Document Type: Review

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