Annuities and individual welfare

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1573-1590

  Davidoff, Thomas ^a   Brown, Jeffrey R ^b,c   Diamond, Peter A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33645735924     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805775014281     Document Type: Review

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