Heterogeneity in spending change at retirement

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-71

  Hurd, Michael D ^a,b,c   Rohwedder, Susann ^a,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumption; Expectations; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888223435     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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