How to invest over the life cycle: Insights from theory

Journal fur Betriebswirtschaft

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-244

  Wallmeier, Martin ^a   Zainhofer, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Financial planning; Life cycle model; Personal finance; Portfolio choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947357036     PISSN: 03449327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-006-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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