Asset rich and cash poor retirement provision and housing policy in Singapore

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-222

  McCarthy, David ^a   Mitchell, Olivia S ^b   Piggott, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85009873560     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747202001130     Document Type: Article

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