Long-term care insurance and bequests as instruments for shaping intergenerational relationships

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Zweifel, Peter ^a   Strüwe, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Economics of the family; Insurance; Long term care

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344461163     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00353331     Document Type: Article

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