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Risk Sharing in Defined-Contribution Funded Pension Systems
Beetsma, Roel M. W. J. - 2011
This paper explores the introduction of collective risk-sharing elements in defined contribution pension contracts. We … consider status-contingent, age-contingent and asset contingent risk-sharing arrangements. All arrangements raise aggregate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118167
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Longevity Risk and Taxation of Public Pensions
Lassila, Jukka - 2016
We study transitions from EET tax regime to TEE regime in a defined-benefit pension scheme with a numerical overlapping generations model, using stochastic mortality projections as inputs. In a traditional pension scheme with no automatic longevity rules, such as a link between life expectancy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001164
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Intergenerational Risk Sharing by Means of Pay-as-You-Go Programs - an Investigation of Alternative Mechanisms
Thogersen, Oystein - 2007
the magnitude of the optimal paygo program and the nature of the underlying risk sharing effects are very sensitive to the … chosen combination of risk concepts and stochastic specification of long run aggregate wage income growth. In an additive way … we distinguish between the pooling of wage and capital risks within periods and two different intertemporal risk sharing …
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Intergenerational Risk-Sharing Through Funded Pensions and Public Debt
Chen, Damiaan - 2014
We explore the benefits of intergenerational risk-sharing through both private funded pensions and via the public debt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058155
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Sharing Demographic Risk - Who is Afraid of the Baby Bust?
Ludwig, Alexander; Reiter, Michael - 2021
We model the optimal reaction of a public PAYG pension system to demographic shocks. We compare the ex-ante first best and second best solution of a Ramsey planner with full commitment to the outcome under simple third best rules that mimic the pension systems observed in the real world. The...
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Asset Pricing with Uncertain Betas : A Long-Term Perspective
Gollier, Christian - 2013
How should one evaluate investment projects whose CCAPM betas are uncertain? This question is particularly crucial for projects yielding long-lasting impacts on the economy, as is the case for example for many green investments. We define the notion of a certainty equivalent beta. We show that...
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Oil Project Selection by Metrics
Emhjellen, Magne - 2016
The recent fall in oil prices has led to extensive capital rationing, and thereby given rise to a renewed focus on parameters for project selection which supplement net present value. While the financial crisis was creating capital constraints, the oil industry seemed to be paying great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989033
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The Costs of Favoritism : Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2021
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
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Market Structure and the Cost of Capital
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi - 2013
We contribute to the finance literature in two main ways. First, we present a theoretical capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to price assets in different market structures. Second, we use our model to analyze whether when markets are partially segmented using the local or the global CAPM yields...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086974
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Fiscal Spillovers in the Euro Area
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2012
This paper analyses the dynamic effects of fiscal imbalances in a given EMU member state on the borrowing costs of other countries in the euro area. The estimation of a multivariate, multi-country time series model (specifically a Global VAR, or GVAR) using quarterly data for the EMU period...
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