Saving and investing for early retirement: A theoretical analysis

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-121

  Farhi, Emmanuel ^a   Panageas, Stavros ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous time; Indivisible labor; Marginal propensity to consume; Optimal stopping; Portfolio choice; Retirement; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845341057     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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