Social security personal-account participation with government matching

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-179

  Engelhardt, Gary V ^b   Kumar, Anil ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 59349119656     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747205002052     Document Type: Article

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