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Are There Transition Costs to Closing a Public-Employee Retirement Plan?

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  • Biggs, Andrew

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Defined-benefit pension plans for state and local government employees have imposed rising costs and financial risk on government budgets. In response, some policymakers have proposed shifting newly hired public employees into alternate retirement plans,

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  • Biggs, Andrew, 2016. "Are There Transition Costs to Closing a Public-Employee Retirement Plan?," Annals of Computational Economics, George Mason University, Mercatus Center, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:ajw:journl:06907
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