d'Albis, Hippolyte; Etner, Johanna - EconomiX, Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre la Défense … - 2013
In this article, we consider illiquid life annuity contracts and show that they may be preferred to Yaari (1965)'s liquid contracts. In an overlapping-generation economy, liquid life annuities are demanded only if the equilibrium is dynamically inefficient. Alternatively, an equilibrium...