How Much Choice is Too Much?: Contributions to 401(k) Retirement Plans
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Pension Research Council Working Papers are intended to make research findings available to other researchers in preliminary form, to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before final publication. Opinions are solely those of the authors. This paper is to appear in Pension Design and Structure: New Lessons from Behavioral Finance (forthcoming). Edited by Olivia S. Mitchell and Stephen P. Utkus. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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