Growth of participant direction in defined contribution plans

Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-208

  Even, William E ^a   Macpherson, David A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INVESTMENT; PENSION SYSTEM; STOCK MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951160235     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2009.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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