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, especially on their retirement planning. In this paper, we present various inflation-linked variable annuities which are designed …
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This article discusses moral issues raised by defined contribution retirement plans, specifically 401(k) plans in the … range of socially responsible investment (SRI) options. The analysis begins with the minimal assumption that corporations … responsibility into their investment decisions, when possible, to avoid being complicit in morally impermissible corporate behavior …
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to 401(k)-type defined contribution formats. This shift has many important implications for retirement security. This …(k) plans is a “good news/ bad news” story. When women are employed and accruing retirement income benefits, the news is … a portion of their 401(k) accumulations at retirement, they will find that insurance companies compensate by providing …
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We document a flypaper effect in asset allocation: securities received in kind "stick where they hit." We study a firm that twice changed the rules governing the securities in which its 401(k) matching contributions were initially invested. Both of these rule changes were economically neutral:...
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We examine the daily activity and performance of a large panel of individual investors in Sweden's Premium Pension System in the period 2000 to 2010. We find that active investors outperform passive investors, and that there is a causal effect of fund changes on performance. Chosen funds...
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Do saving incentives such as Individual Retirement Accounts stimulate new saving or merely reshuffle existing assets? …
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Employer matching of employee 401(k) contributions can provide a powerful incentive to save for retirement. We examine … administrative contribution, earnings, and pension plan data from the Health and Retirement Study and estimate that the elasticity of …
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earnings on those contributions are awarded as a lump sum at retirement. Although the majority of workers lucky enough to have …
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We examine the activity and performance of a large panel of individual investors (approximately 70,000 investors and their daily returns over the 2000 to 2010 period) in Sweden's Premium Pension System. We document strong inertia in individuals' choices and changes of mutual funds. We find that...
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