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Dean of Faculty and Research, John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing
Jun 30, 2021 15 tweets 6 min read
I took a Twitter break after teaching finished. I’m back now and thinking about one of my favorite topics, #decumulation in #retirement. Prompted by some conference talks I gave last month, plus some recent articles, here’s a thread. 🧵 (1/15) What is decumulation? In a nutshell, the drawdown of retirement savings, along with other sources of income such as pensions and SSA retirement benefits (OASI). While there’s a long economics literature on decumulation, I’m especially interested in the psychology of it. (2/15)