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Generational Accounting, Solidarity and Pension Losses

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  • Coen Teulings

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  • Casper Vries

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The creeping stock market collapse eroded the wealth of funded pension systems. This led to political tensions between generations due to the fuzzy definition of property rights on the pension funds wealth. We argue that this problem can best be resolved by the introduction of generational accounts. Using modern portfolio and consumption planning theory we show that the younger generations should have the higher equity exposure due to their human capital. Capital losses should be distributed smoothly over lifetime consumption. When stock markets are depressed equity should be bought, savings and consumption should be scaled down equiproportionally, and retirement should be postponed. Portfolio investment restrictions are quite costly.

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Article provided by Springer in its journal De Economist.

Volume (Year): 154 (2006)
Issue (Month): 1 (03)
Pages: 63-83

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Handle: RePEc:kap:decono:v:154:y:2006:i:1:p:63-83

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Keywords: Pension funds; generational accounts; portfolio choice; Life cycle Models; D91; G11; G23;

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  1. Roel Beetsma & Ward Romp & Siert J. Vos, 2011. "Voluntary Participation and Intergenerational Risk Sharing in a Funded Pension System," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 11-056/2/DSF19, Tinbergen Institute.
  2. Christian Gollier, 2007. "Intergenerational Risk-Sharing and Risk-Taking of a Pension Fund," CESifo Working Paper Series 1969, CESifo Group Munich.
  3. Bauer, Rob & Hoevenaars, Roy & Steenkamp, Tom, 2006. "Asset liability management," Open Access publications from Maastricht University urn:nbn:nl:ui:27-19460, Maastricht University.
  4. Jacob A. Bikker & Dirk W.G.A. Broeders & Eduard Ponds & David Hollanders, 2009. "Pension funds. asset allocation and participant age: a test of the life-cycle model," Working Papers 09-25, Utrecht School of Economics.
  5. Roel Beetsma & Alessandro Bucciol, 2011. "Differentiating Indexation in Dutch Pension Funds," De Economist, Springer, vol. 159(3), pages 323-360, September.
  6. Alessandro Bucciol & Roel M.W.J. Beetsma, 2010. "Inter- and Intra-generational Consequences of Pension Buffer Policy under Demographic, Financial, and Economic Shocks," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo, vol. 56(3), pages 366-403, September.
  7. Coen Teulings, 2010. "How to Share Our Risks Efficiently? Principles for Optimal Social Insurance and Pension Provision," De Economist, Springer, vol. 158(1), pages 1-21, April.
  8. Gumus, Erdal, 2008. "Türk Sosyal Güvenlik Sisteminin Değerlendirilmesi ve Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumlarının Finansal Geleceği
    [An Evaluation of Turkish Social Security Reform Process and Its Financial Future]    ," MPRA Paper 42160, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  9. Beetsma, Roel M.W.J. & Romp, Ward E. & Vos, Siert J., 2012. "Voluntary participation and intergenerational risk sharing in a funded pension system," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 56(6), pages 1310-1324.
  10. Beetsma, Roel & Bovenberg, A Lans & Romp, Ward E, 2008. "Funded Pensions and Intergenerational and International Risk Sharing in General Equilibrium," CEPR Discussion Papers 7106, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  11. Hoevenaars, Roy P.M.M. & Ponds, Eduard H.M., 2008. "Valuation of intergenerational transfers in funded collective pension schemes," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(2), pages 578-593, April.
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  13. Mehlkopf, R.J., 2011. "Risk sharing with the unborn," Open Access publications from Tilburg University urn:nbn:nl:ui:12-4960700, Tilburg University.
  14. David Hollanders & Bersem, M., 2010. "WP 99 - Pension fund governance. The intergenerational conflict over risk and contributions," AIAS Working Papers wp99, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.

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