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This paper assesses the impact of different quantitative approaches to regulate investment risk on the retirement … downside risk, which will increase the range of investment policies available and thus the share of riskier assets … investment policies available and, through this channel, how they affect the retirement income that an individual may expect from …
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This paper assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout … phase. In particular, it looks at whether the specific glide-path of life-cycle investment strategies and the introduction … of dynamic features in the design of default investment strategies affect significantly retirement income outcomes. The …
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In this chapter I argue that as a response to the introduction of capital requirements in the form of risk weights … that the new optimum has a lower risk. The effect of the regulation depends on several things, most importantly the … correlation between individual investments, investor preferences and the relative size of risk weights. …
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This thesis consists of an introductory part and three papers. <p> Paper [I] examines how taxes affect consumption of commodities that are detrimental to health and the environment. Specifically, this paper examines if a tax increase leads to a significantly larger change in consumption than a...</p>
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Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
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Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367427
The European Commission is introducing new regulations on submission and publication of data in electricity markets (SPDEM) and on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT). I discuss issues relevant for undertaking an evaluation such regulations. I argue that, for market...
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novel feature is the competition between lenders in their choice of contracts offered. Qualities of investment projects are … not observable by banks and investment decisions of entrepreneurs are not contractible, but output conditional on … investment is. We explain the empirically observed prevalence of debt contracts as an equilibrium phenomenon with competing …
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This paper explores consequences of consumer education on prices and welfare in retail financial markets when some consumers are naive about shrouded add-on prices and firms try to exploit it. Allowing for different information and pricing strategies we show that education is unlikely to push...
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