The effects of the introduction of tax incentives on retirement savings
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Keywords
pension funds; tax incentives; savings;JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2007-07-13 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-ALL-2007-07-13 (All new papers)
- NEP-PBE-2007-07-13 (Public Economics)
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