How retired households and households approaching retirement handle their equity investments in the United States

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 601-622

  Lai, Christine W ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Equity holdings; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349168955     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-008-9120-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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