Longevity risk, retirement savings, and financial innovation

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 507-529

  Cocco, João F ^a,b,c   Gomes, Francisco J ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c Nestpar ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

G11; Life cycle savings; Mortality risk; Pension plans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855472725     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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