Ageing, pension reform and capital flows: A multi-country simulation model

Economica

Volumn 73, Issue 292, 2006, Pages 625-658

  Börsch Supan, Axel ^a,b   Ludwig, Alexander ^a   Winter, Jpachim ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CAPITAL FLOW; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; PENSION SYSTEM; SAVINGS;

EID: 33749587003     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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