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How an ERISA Fiduciary May Try to Save the World
Feuer, Albert - 2020
On November 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) promulgated a final regulation regarding the investment duties of an ERISA fiduciary in selecting either direct plan investments or investment alternatives to make available to participants and beneficiaries of self-directed plans (the...
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How Will Ageing Affect Finland?
Antolín, Pablo - 2001
In Finland, as in most OECD countries, the ageing of the population is one of the major long-term policy challenges. This paper first explores the scale of the demographic changes in Finland, the relevant institutions and their effect on the decision to retire. In light of the increase in the...
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Chapter 13. Social Security and Public Insurance
Börsch-Supan, A.; Härtl, K.; Leite, D.N. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 781-863). 2016
When the challenges of population aging are being debated, the uncertain future of pension systems is a topic of high priority and large controversy. The aim of this chapter is not to provide a “consensus view” on social security and public insurance in aging populations but to put structure...
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Saving Regulatory Space for States Through the Standard of Review : A Case Study of Tobacco Control-Related International Disputes
Gruszczynski, Lukasz - 2021
The chapter argues that international economic law dispute settlement bodies (IEL DSBs) have generally apply deferential standard of review when analysing national tobacco control measures. While the approaches taken by different IEL DSBs are not identical, all of them seem to aim at...
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Building better retirement systems in the wake of the global pandemic
Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2020
assessment of the status quo prior to the spread of the coronavirus, evaluates how retirement systems are faring in the wake of …
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Macroeconomic disasters and forward-looking consumers : historical evidence and evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Pozzi, Lorenzo; Sadaba, Barbara - 2021
Macroeconomic disasters (wars, pandemics, depressions) are characterized by drastic shifts and increased volatility of the aggregate consumption to income ratio. By standard intertemporal budget constraint logic, this ratio is linked to expectations of future income and consumption growth rates....
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Covid-19 and the euthanasia of interest rates : a critical assessment of central bank policy in our times
Mayer, Thomas; Schnabl, Gunther - In: Journal of policy modeling : JPMOD ; a social science … 43 (2021) 6, pp. 1241-1258
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Why the COVID-19 pandemic could increase the corporate saving trend in the long run
Demary, Markus; Hasenclever, Stefan; Hüther, Michael - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 56 (2021) 1, pp. 40-44
equity capital and a reduction in the corporate sector’s reliance on bank loans. This article argues that the coronavirus …
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Can Innovation Save Us? Understanding the Role of Innovation in Mitigating the COVID-19 Pandemic in ASEAN-5 Economies
Layos, Joshua; Peña, Paul John - 2020
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raises the question of whether innovation can save humanity. Indeed, as it …
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Emergency Electronic Savings Accounts in a Post-COVID World
Wroldsen, Jack - 2022
The shutdowns stemming from COVID-19 revealed the need for emergency cash savings, especially for unbanked and low- to … government rescue packages are not available.This Article proposes the creation of tax-favored Emergency Electronic Savings … future emergencies. The tax code incentivizes savings for other anticipated life expenses, such as retirement and medical …
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