401(k) matching contributions in company stock: Costs and benefits for firms and workers

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 1315-1346

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Liang, Nellie ^c   Weisbenner, Scott ^a,b  

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

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

401(k) plan; Company stock; ESOP; Match policy; Pension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646253709     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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