For Better or for Worse: Default Effects and 401(k) Savings Behavior

James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian & Andrew Metrick
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Copyright 2004
ISBN 0226903052
Perspectives on the Economics of Aging
Book: Perspectives on the Economics of Aging
Book editor: David A. Wise
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: The Economics of Aging
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  • James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Andrew Metrick, Perspectives on the Economics of Aging (University of Chicago Press, 2004), chap. 2, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/perspectives-economics-aging/better-or-worse-default-effects-and-401k-savings-behavior.

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