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Comment: The economics of demographic uncertainty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Martin Flodén
Affiliation:
Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Juha M. Alho
Affiliation:
University of Joensuu, Finland
Svend E. Hougaard Jensen
Affiliation:
Odense Universitet, Denmark
Jukka Lassila
Affiliation:
Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
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