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Intergenerational Sharing of Unhedgeable Inflation Risk

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  • Damiaan Chen
  • Roel Beetsma
  • Sweder van Wijnbergen

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We explore how members of a collective pension scheme can share inflation risks in the absence of suitable ï¬ nancial market instruments. Using intergenerational risk sharing arrangements, risks can be allocated better across the various participants of a collective pension scheme than would be the case in a strictly individual- or cohort-based pension scheme, as these can only lay off risks via existing ï¬ nancial market instruments. Hence, intergenerational sharing of these risks enhances welfare. In view of the sizes of their funded pension sectors, this would be particularly beneï¬ cial for the Netherlands and the U.K.

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  • Damiaan Chen & Roel Beetsma & Sweder van Wijnbergen, 2022. "Intergenerational Sharing of Unhedgeable Inflation Risk," Working Papers 758, DNB.
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    Keywords

    pension funds; intergenerational risk sharing; unhedgeable inflation risk; incom- plete markets; welfare loss;
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    JEL classification:

    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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