Designing social security - A portfolio choice approach

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 883-904

  Matsen, Egil ^a,b   Thøgersen, Øystein ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Portfolio choice; Risk sharing; Social security

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 3042690037     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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