You can't take it with you: asset run-down at the end of the life cycle

Katharine Anderson (), Eric French and Tina Lam

Economic Perspectives, 2004, vol. 28, issue Q III, 40-54

Abstract: This article presents evidence on the extent to which households run down their assets after retirement. The authors show that, once corrections are made for several econometric problems, households engage in very little asset decumulation after retirement.

Keywords: Retirement; Income; Wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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