Administrative costs per participant appear to vary widely across pension funds in different countries. These costs are important because they reduce the rate of return on the investments of pension funds, and consequently raise the cost of retirement security. Using unique data on 90 pension...

Administrative costs per participant appear to vary widely across pension funds in different countries. These costs are important because they reduce the rate of return on the investments of pension funds, and consequently raise the cost of retirement security. Using unique data on 90 pension...

Methodisch wird bei der Untersuchung über Studiengebühren und ihre sozialen Auswirkungen das Konzept der Rechtsökonomik, eines Forschungszweigs der Institutionenökonomik zugrunde gelegt. Im Grundsatz wird vom methodologischen Individualismus ausgegangen. Das Systemverhalten wird auf die...