Cash-balance plan conversions: Evidence on excise taxes and implicit contracts

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-352

  Niehaus, Greg ^a   Yu, Tong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 20744450841     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2005.00125.x     Document Type: Review

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