Life expectancy and old age savings

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-115

  De Nardi, Mariacristina ^a,b   French, Eric ^a   Jones, John Bailey ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 73849085329     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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