Redistribution by insurance market regulation: Analyzing a ban on gender-based retirement annuities

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-58

  Finkelstein, Amy ^a,b   Poterba, James ^a,b   Rothschild, Casey ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuities; Categorical discrimination; Gender based pricing; Insurance regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049200547     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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