Pension plan characteristics and framing effects in employee savings behavior

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 228-243

  Card, David ^a,b   Ransom, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957480568     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00051     Document Type: Article

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