Does social security privatization produce efficiency gains?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1677-1719

  Nishiyama, Shinichi ^a   Smetters, Kent ^a  

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EID: 37249046845     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1677     Document Type: Article

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