The elasticity of intertemporal substitution: New evidence from 401(k) participation

Economics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-17

  Engelhardt, Gary V ^a   Kumar, Anil ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

401(k)s; Elasticity of intertemporal substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549115322     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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