Stochastic infinite horizon forecasts for US social security finances

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-93

  Lee, Ronald ^a   Anderson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

forecast; infinite horizon; Social security; stochastic; sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992885293     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950105061498     Document Type: Article

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