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Funded and unfunded pension schemes : risk, return and welfare

Miles, David - 2000

This paper uses stochastic simulations on calibrated models to assess the optimal degree of reliance on fun ded pensions and on a particular type of unfunded (PAYG) pension. Surprisingly little is known about the optimal split between funded and unfunded systems when there are sources of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781509

Putting the pension back in 401(k) retirement plans : optimal versus default longevity income annuities

Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2018

A recent US Treasury regulation allowed deferred longevity income annuities to be included in pension plan menus as a default payout solution, yet little research has investigated whether more people should convert some of the $15 trillion they hold in employer-based defined contribution plans...

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Portfolio decisions on life annuities and financial assets with longevity and income uncertainty

Pech, Susanne - 2004

There are two stylised facts, namely weak demand for life-annuities and flat age-wealth profile that contradict the life-cycle hypothesis. In this paper we design a theoretical framework, which combines plausible arguments, which have been put forward in the literature to reconcile theory with...

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How Would 401(k) ‘Rothification’ Alter Saving, Retirement Security, and Inequality?

Horneff, Vanya - 2020

The U.S. has long incentivized retirement saving in 401(k) and similar retirement accounts by permitting workers to defer taxes on contributions, levying them instead when retirees withdraw funds in retirement. This paper develops a dynamic life-cycle model to show how and whether...

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Countercyclical Retirement Accounts

Love, David A. - 2017

during good times and increase spending during bad times -- a cyclical matching rate on contributions to retirement savings … accounts. The combination of matching rates and matching limits on retirement savings plans creates sharp kinks in … bad aggregate states? I model an economy with liquid and illiquid savings accounts in which matching is suspended during …

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Fixed and variable longevity annuities in defined contribution plans : optimal retirement portfolios taking social security into account

Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2023

This paper investigates retirees' optimal purchases of fixed and variable longevity income annuities using their defined contribution (DC) plan assets and given their expected Social Security benefits. As an alternative, we also evaluate using plan assets to boost Social Security benefits...

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Risk, return and portfolio allocation under alternative pension arrangements with imperfect financial markets

Miles, David; Černý, Aleš - 2001

This paper uses stochastic simulations on calibrated models to assess the steady state impact of different pension arrangements in an environment where financial markets are less than perfect. Surprisingly little is known about the optimal split between funded and unfunded systems when there are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398101

Putting the pension back in 401(k) plans : optimal versus default longevity income annuities

Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2016

Most defined contribution pension plans pay benefits as lump sums, yet the US Treasury has recently encouraged firms to protect retirees from outliving their assets by converting a portion of their plan balances into longevity income annuities (LIA). These are deferred annuities which initiate...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011552461

Contingent claims analysis and life-cycle finance

Bodie, Zvi; Ruffino, Doriana; Treussard, Jonathan - 2008 - Rev.

This paper explores the application of contingent claims analysis (CCA) to two quot;hotquot; issues in life-cycle finance: (1) investing for retirement and (2) deciding when, if ever, to switch careers. Participants in individual retirement accounts do not have the time or the knowledge to make...

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Fully Funded Pensions

Forman, Jonathan Barry - 2020

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