The new paternalism, consultation and consent: Expectations of UK participants in defined contribution and self-directed retirement savings schemes

Pensions

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-74

  Clark, Gordon L ^a   Knox Hayes, Janelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for the Environment ^*

Author keywords

Choice; Financial decision making; Paternalism; Retirement savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650364382     PISSN: 14785315     EISSN: 1750208X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/pm.2008.38     Document Type: Article

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