The economics of state and local pensions

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-172

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a,d   Clark, Robert ^b   Rauh, Joshua ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 80052224882     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747211000138     Document Type: Review

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