Just keep my money! Supporting tax-time savings with US savings bonds

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 172-200

  Tufano, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855381154     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.3.4.172     Document Type: Article

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