UID:
almafu_9959329145002883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781119205968
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1119205964
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9780470058718
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0470058714
Series Statement:
Finance professional collection
Content:
While not attempting to train readers as professional economists, this book aims to provide a secure grounding in the theory and practice of economics insofar as it deals with pension matters. From reading this book, the user will understand: The key types of pension scheme The role of pensions in maximizing individual lifetime welfare The role of pensions in individual savings and retirement decisions The role and consequences of the pension plan from the company's viewpoint The role of pensions in promoting aggregate savings The role of pensions and retirement in overlapping generations mode.
Note:
1.1 What is pension economics? -- 1.2 Types of pension scheme -- 1.3 Conclusions -- Questions -- References -- Individual pension decision making -- 2.1 The life cycle model -- 2.2 Pensions and savings -- 2.3 Pensions and retirement decisions -- 2.4 Empirical studies testing the validity of the life cycle model -- 2.5 The Feldstein life cycle model with induced retirement -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Questions -- References -- Corporate pension decision making -- 3.1 The provision of pensions by corporations -- 3.2 The role of pensions in employment contracts -- 3.3 The nature of corporate pension liabilities -- 3.4 Quitting and mandatory retirement -- 3.5 Tax and pension fund policy -- 3.6 Agency costs in pension schemes and pension funds -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Questions -- References -- Pensions in the Diamond-Samuelson overlapping generations model with certain lifetimes -- 4.1 The two-period Diamond-Samuelson OLG model -- 4.2 Pension in the Diamond-Samuelson OLG model with exogenous labour supply and retirement -- 4.3 PAYG pensions in the Diamond-Samuelson OLG model with endogenous labour supply and retirement -- 4.4 Conclusions -- Questions -- References -- Pensions in the Blanchard-Yaari overlapping generations model with uncertain lifetimes -- 5.1 The Blanchard-Yaari OLG model with uncertain lifetimes -- 5.2 PAYG pensions in the Blanchard-Yaari old model with endogenous labour supply and mandatory retirement -- 5.3 Conclusions -- Questions -- References -- The economics of ageing and generational accounting -- 6.1 The macroeconomic effects of ageing : declining population growth and the increasing dependency ratio -- 6.2 Pensions in the Diamond-Samuelson OLG model with a variable population growth rate -- 6.3 Generational accounting -- 6.4 Conclusions -- Questions -- References -- Risk sharing and redistribution in pension schemes -- 7.1 Risks in private pension schemes -- 7.2 Risk sharing in personal pension schemes -- 7.3 Risk sharing in occupational pension schemes -- 7.4 Redistribution in private pension schemes -- 7.5 Private sector market failure and the compensating role of state pension schemes -- 7.6 Risks in state pension schemes -- 7.7 Risk sharing in state pension schemes -- 7.8 Redistribution in state pension schemes -- 7.9 The viability of PAYG state pension systems and the transition costs to funding viability -- 7.10 Conclusions -- Questions -- References -- Behavioural pension economics -- 8.1 The accumulation phase -- 8.2 The decumulation phase -- 8.3 Conclusions -- Questions.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Blake, David, 1954- Pension economics. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, ©2006 ISBN 0470058447
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780470058442
Language:
English
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URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119205968
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119205968
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119205968
