What the stock market decline means for the financial security and retirement choices of the near-retirement population

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-182

  Gustman, Alan L ^a,b   Steinmeier, Thomas L ^c   Tabatabai, Nahid ^d  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77951491630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.24.1.161     Document Type: Article

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