Turning workers into savers? Incentives, liquidity, and choice in 401(k) plan design

National Tax Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-489

  Mitchell, Olivia S ^a   Utkus, Stephen P ^b   Yang, Tongxuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Vanguard Center for Retirement Research   (United States)

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EID: 36349007120     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2007.3.08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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