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Life-Cycle Finance and the Design of Pension Plans

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  • Zvi Bodie
  • Jérôme Detemple
  • Marcel Rindisbacher

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    (School of Management, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215)

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This article reviews recent scientific literature on consumer financial decisions over the life cycle, outlining its implications for the design of pension plans. It begins with a review of advances in the theory of rational financial planning and wealth management. It then summarizes the recent empirical literature on the actual behavior of households regarding saving, investing, and insuring their consumption in old age. Finally, it briefly comments on the practical implications of the theory for the design of pension systems and outlines areas of future research.

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Volume (Year): 1 (2009)
Issue (Month): 1 (November)
Pages: 249-286

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Keywords: consumption; savings; labor; investments; retirement planning;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

  • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
  • D91 - Microeconomics - - Intertemporal Choice - - - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
  • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
  • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions

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