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Better safe than sorry : individual risk-free pension schemes in the European Union
Peters, Marga - In: Contemporary economics 6 (2012) 3, pp. 22-37
their working lives. Second, they would pay minimal extra costs, and third, they would not be subject to the whims of …
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Better Safe than Sorry - Individual Risk-Free Pension Schemes in the European Union
Peeters, Marga - 2012
any extra costs and, third, once retired they would not be subject to the whims of government or other pension fund …
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Better Safe than Sorry - Individual Risk-Free Pension Schemes in the European Union
Peeters, Marga - 2012
their working lives. Second, they would pay minimal extra costs, and third, they would not be subject to the whims of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097592
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The political setting of social security contributions in Europe in the business cycle
Pusch, Toralf; Kumpmann, Ingmar - 2011
Social security revenues are influenced by business cycle movements. In order to support the working of automatic stabilizers it would be necessary to calculate social insurance contribution rates independently from the state of the business cycle. This paper investigates whether European...
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The US unemployment insurance, a federal-state partnership : relevance for reflections at the European level
Fischer, Georg - 2017
, funding and policy making. It discusses “national interest” as defined by the Federal authorities in relation to UI: income … they encourage the acceptance of national standards through conditional funding. During the great recession this proved to … federal intervention including funding mirrors debates on the role of automatic stabilisation mechanisms in the Euro Area. …
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Feed the Beast : Finance Capitalism and the Spread of Pension Privatisation in Europe
Naczyk, Marek - 2015
Why, since the mid-1980s, have so many European governments decided fiscally to support the development of private retirement savings accounts? Whereas analysts of pension reform in affluent democracies have traditionally considered the development of private pensions as a secondary outcome of...
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Pension schemes in the European Union : challenges and implications from macroeconomic and financial stability perspectives
Sánchez Serrano, Antonio; Peltonen, Tuomo - 2020
Pension schemes have a significant influence on the saving and consumption decisions of households. Similarly, contributions to pension arrangements are substantial expenditures for national governments and also for corporations, depending on the prevailing pension system. Beyond this, pension...
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Pension Schemes in the European Union : Challenges and Implications from Macroeconomic and Financial Stability Perspectives
Sánchez Serrano, Antonio; Peltonen, Tuomas - 2021
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The Risk-Adjusted Performance of Alternative Investment Funds and UCITS : A Comparative Analysis
Camilleri, Silvio John - 2018
This study evaluates the performance of a selection of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), and Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Funds (UCITS) which followed a global geographic focus strategy during the period 2010-2016. These two fund structures are governed by...
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Currency Hedging Strategies, Strategic Benchmarks and the Global and Euro Sovereign Financial Crises
Caporin, Massimiliano - 2013
This paper investigates dynamic currency hedging benefits, with a further focus on the impact of currency hedging before and during the recent financial crises originated from the subprime and the Euro sovereign bonds. We take the point of view of a Euro-based institutional investor who...
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