Optimal aging and death: Understanding the preston curve

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 672-701

  Dalgaard, Carl Johan ^a   Strulik, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84901258782     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12071     Document Type: Article

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