Cash balance plans: What do they mean for retirement security?

National Tax Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 315-328

  Johnson, Richard W ^a   Uccello, Cori E ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 3142744644     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2004.2.09     Document Type: Review

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