NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar (TAPES), Public Policy and Retirement

Sören Blomquist and Roger Gordon, organizers

Conference held June 12-14, 2006
Published in November 2007 by Journal of Public Economics, Volume 91, issue 10 (Elsevier Science Publishers)

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Table of Contents

Introduction : Sören Blomquist, Roger Gordon (p. 1875 - 1877) (bibliographic info)

1. Public pension programmes and the retirement of married couples in Denmark: Paul Bingley, Gauthier Lanot (p. 1878 - 1901) (bibliographic info)

2. Labor market shocks and retirement: Do government programs matter?: Courtney C. Coile, Phillip B. Levine (p. 1902 - 1919) (bibliographic info)

3. Employer matching and 401(k) saving: Evidence from the health and retirement study: Gary V. Engelhardt, Anil Kumar (p. 1920 - 1943) (bibliographic info)

4. The choice between an annuity and a lump sum: Results from Swiss pension funds: Monika Bütler, Federica Teppa (p. 1944 - 1966) (bibliographic info)

5. Why is the market for long-term care insurance so small?: Jeffrey R. Brown, Amy Finkelstein (p. 1967 - 1991) (bibliographic info)

6. Individual account investment options and portfolio choice: Behavioral lessons from 401(k) plans: Jeffrey R. Brown, Nellie Liang, Scott Weisbenner (p. 1992 - 2013) (bibliographic info)

7. The tradeoff between mortgage prepayments and tax-deferred retirement savings: Gene Amromin, Jennifer Huang, Clemens Sialm (p. 2014 - 2040) (bibliographic info)

8. Voting over type and generosity of a pension system when some individuals are myopic: Helmuth Cremer, Philippe De Donder, Dario Maldonado, Pierre Pestieau (p. 2041 - 2061) (bibliographic info)

9. Defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans, and the accumulation of retirement wealth: James Poterba, Joshua Rauh, Steven Venti, David Wise (p. 2062 - 2086) (bibliographic info)

 
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