Systematic bias and nontransparency in US social security administration forecasts

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-258

  Kashin, Konstantin ^a   King, Gary ^a   Soneji, Samir ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

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EID: 84929076502     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: 19447965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.29.2.239     Document Type: Article

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