Investors hold equity in tax-exempt savings vehicles such as pension plans, despite the prediction of the standard model that they hold only bonds. We provide a new explanation for this empirical puzzle based on differences between pensions and taxable assets in the tax treatment of capital...

Gesetzliche Krankenversicherungen dürfen nach derzeitiger Auffassung des Bundesversicherungsamts aus Risikogründen Pensionsrückstellungen nicht in Form von Aktien anlegen. In der Arbeit wird gezeigt, dass in der hierfür maßgeblichen Gesetzesgrundlage (§80 Sozialgesetzbuch IV) bereits auch...

Investors frequently hold equity in tax-exempt savings vehicles such as pension plans, despite the prediction of the standard model that they hold only bonds. We provide a new explanation for this empirical puzzle based on differences between pensions and taxable assets in the tax treatment of...

Investors frequently hold equity in tax-exempt savings vehicles such as pension plans, despite the prediction of the standard model that they hold only bonds. We provide a new explanation for this empirical puzzle based on differences between pensions and taxable assets in the tax treatment of...