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January 2012, No. 294
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Last Updated: 12/07/2011

How Do the Risks of Living Long and Facing High Medical Expenses Affect the Elderly’s Saving Behavior?

Mariacristina De Nardi, Eric French, John Bailey Jones

This article shows that the elderly, especially those with high lifetime incomes, maintain large asset holdings to account for the possibility of their living a long time and facing high medical expenses.

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