Taxpayers' responses to tax-based incentives for retirement savings: Evidence from the Saver's Credit notch

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-93

  Ramnath, Shanthi ^a  

^a Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunching; Notch; Saver's credit; Tax based retirement incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875872520     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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