Save more tomorrow: Using behavioral economics to increase employee saving

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Thaler, Richard H ^a   Benartzi, Shlomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; RETIREMENT; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842832021     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380085     Document Type: Article

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