Social security and unsecured debt

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1273-1297

  Hurst, Erik ^a   Willen, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Life cycle models; Portfolio choice; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249727232     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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