Public pension privatization: Neo-classical economics, decision risks and welfare ideology

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 633-650

  Dixon, John ^a   Hyde, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics; Pensions; Privatization; Public finance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242381825     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290310471899     Document Type: Review

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