Assessing the effectiveness of saving incentives

by R. Glenn Hubbard

Publisher: The AEI Press in Washington, D.C

Written in English

Published: 1996 Pages: 39 Downloads: 734

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United States.

Subjects:

Saving and investment -- United States.,
Individual retirement accounts -- United States.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-37).

Classifications
Statement	R. Glenn Hubbard and Jonathan S. Skinner.
Series	AEI studies on tax reform
Contributions	Skinner, Jonathan., American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
LC Classifications	HC110.S3 H83 1996
The Physical Object
Pagination	39 p. :
Number of Pages	39
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL719305M
ISBN 10	084477071X
LC Control Number	97105697
OCLC/WorldCa	36185756

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