Asset allocation and age effects in retirement savings choices

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-319

  Gerrans, Paul ^a   Clark Murphy, Marilyn ^a   Speelman, Craig ^b  

^a Finance and Economics   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset allocation; Lifecycle; Retirement savings; Superannuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953553854     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2009.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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