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The Fiscal Effects of Population Aging in the US: Assessing the Uncertainties

In: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 16

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  • Ronald Lee & Ryan Edwards, 2002. "The Fiscal Effects of Population Aging in the US: Assessing the Uncertainties," NBER Chapters, in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 16, pages 141-180, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    3. Woodland, A., 2016. "Taxation, Pensions, and Demographic Change," Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, in: Piggott, John & Woodland, Alan (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 0, pages 713-780, Elsevier.
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