Saving incentives, old-age provision and displacement effects: Evidence from the recent German pension reform

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-319

  Brsch Supan, Axel ^a   Reil Held, Anette ^a   Schunk, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 62349130907     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747208003636     Document Type: Article

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