The impact of wealth on consumption and retirement behaviour in the UK

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 555-576

  Blake, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; RETIREMENT; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; STOCK MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542444697     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960310042000233863     Document Type: Article

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