Early withdrawals from retirement accounts during the great recession

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Argento, Robert ^a   Bryant, Victoria L ^b   Sabelhaus, John ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Internal Revenue Service   (United States)

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EID: 84909965047     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/coep.12064     Document Type: Article

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