Should the Social Security Trust Fund Hold Equities? An Intergenerational Welfare Analysis

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 666-697

  Bohn, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Social security; equity investment; risk sharing; overlapping generations; welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346515450     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.1999.0062     Document Type: Article

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