Household Savings and Wealth Distribution in Japan

Life-Cycle Savings and Public Policy: A Cross-National Study of Six Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 149-203

  Kitamura, Yukinobu ^a   Takayama, Noriyuki ^a   Arita, Fumiko ^b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toyo Eiwa University   (Japan)

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EID: 84864600684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012109891-9.50037-3     Document Type: Chapter

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