Inconsistent Retirement Timing
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چکیده
Christoph Merkle, Philipp Schreiber and Martin Weber⇑ Merkle is an associate professor of finance at Aarhus University a research fellow the Danish Finance Institute. full Esslingen University. Weber senior Mannheim CEPR. corresponding author: cmerkle{at}econ.au.dk
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Resources
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1548-8004', '0022-166X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0920-11215r2