How sensitive are retirement decisions to financial incentives? A stated preference analysis

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-264

  Van Soest, Arthur ^a   Vonkova, Hana ^b  

^a NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84896722854     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2313     Document Type: Article

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