effects of tax policy or changes in the parameters of the economy. The relative role of life cycle savings increases with the … rate of growth and with the relative savings rate of life-cycle savers and capitalists. An increase in the savings rate of … workers has no effect on output per capita; life cycle savings simply crowds out inherited savings. A tax on capital (even if …

This paper discusses the role of annuities in retirement planning. It begins by explaining the basic theory underlying …

We study optimal labor and savings distortions in a lifecycle model with idiosyncratic shocks. We show a tight …-based expressions for the dynamic optimal distortions. We derive a generalization of a savings distortion for non-separable preferences …

, increases in longevity lead to higher savings rates at every age, even when retirement is endogenous. In a stable population … these higher savings rates are offset by increased old age dependency, but during the disequilibrium phase, when longevity … is rising, the effect on aggregate savings rates can be substantial. Our results explain the boom in savings in East Asia …

.S. savings behavior. The restrictions imposed by general equilibrium theory play an important role in arriving at each of these …