Life-cycle personal accounts proposal for Social Security: An evaluation of President Bush's proposal

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-444

  Shiller, Robert J ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic portfolio theory; Life cycle portfolio; Social Security system

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645984526     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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