Financial Aspects of the United States Pension System
Zvi Bodie and John B. Shoven, editors
Published in 1983 by University of Chicago Press
© 1983 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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0464 pages
ISBN: 0-226-06281-3
Table of Contents
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Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgments:
Zvi Bodie, John B. Shoven
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Introduction:
Zvi Bodie, John B. Shoven
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Who Owns the Assets in a Defined-Benefit Pension Plan?:
Jeremy I. Bulow, Myron S. Scholes
(p. 17 - 36)
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Economic Implications of ERISA:
Jeremy I. Bulow, Myron S. Scholes, Peter Menell
(p. 37 - 56)
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Pensions as Severance Pay:
Edward P. Lazear
(p. 57 - 90)
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Optimal Funding and Asset Allocation Rules for Defined-Benefit Pension Plans:
J. Michael Harrison, William F. Sharpe
(p. 91 - 106)
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Pension Funding, Pension Asset Allocation, and Corporate Finance: Evidence from Individual Company Data:
Benjamin M. Friedman
(p. 107 - 152)
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Investing for the Short and the Long Term:
Stanley Fischer
(p. 153 - 176)
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Pension Funding Decisions, Interest Rate Assumptions, and Share Prices:
Martin Feldstein, Randall Morck
(p. 177 - 210)
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Should Private Pensions Be Indexed?:
Martin Feldstein
(p. 211 - 230)
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Observations on the Indexation of Old Age Pensions:
Lawrence H. Summers
(p. 231 - 258)
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On Consumption Indexed Public Pension Plans:
Robert C. Merton
(p. 259 - 290)
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Retirement Annuity Design in an Inflationary Climate:
Zvi Bodie, James E. Pesando
(p. 291 - 324)
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On the Role of Social Security as a Means for Efficient Risk Sharing in an Economy Where Human Capital Is Not Tradable:
Robert C. Merton
(p. 325 - 358)
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The Economic Status of the Elderly:
Michael D. Hurd, John B. Shoven
(p. 359 - 398)
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Portfolio Composition and Pension Wealth: An Econometric Study:
Louis-David L. Dicks-Mireaux, Mervyn A. King
(p. 399 - 440)
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List of Contributors, Indices:
Zvi Bodie, John B. Shoven
(p. 441 - 454)
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