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  • John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian, Personal Income Taxation and Household Behavior (TAPES) (Elsevier, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 151, 2017), chap. 5, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/personal-income-taxation-and-household-behavior-tapes/does-front-loading-taxation-increase-savings-evidence-roth-401k-introductions.

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