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Spare in der Zeit, so hast du … Geld im Wahljahr? Ein Überblick über die Beamten-Pensionsfonds der Länder

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  • Jakob Kulawik
  • Felix Rösel
  • Marcel Thum

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In diesem Beitrag geben wir einen Überblick über die Beamten-Pensionsfonds der Länder in Deutschland. Die Fonds wurden zur Deckung künftiger Pensionszahlungen an die Beamten angelegt und unterscheiden sich in Konstruktion, Anlagestrategie und Volumen spürbar zwischen den Ländern. Wir gehen auf diese institutionellen Unterschiede näher ein, diskutieren die theoretischen Vor- und Nachteile von Pensionsfonds und Umlagesystemen und zeigen schließlich empirisch, dass angespannte Landeshaushalte sowie Landtagswahltermine mit geringeren Zuführungen an die Pensionsfonds einhergehen. In Wahljahren reduzieren die Länder ihre Zuführungen an die Pensionsfonds um durchschnittlich rund ein Sechstel im Vergleich zu Nicht-Wahljahren.

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  • Jakob Kulawik & Felix Rösel & Marcel Thum, 2017. "Spare in der Zeit, so hast du … Geld im Wahljahr? Ein Überblick über die Beamten-Pensionsfonds der Länder," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 24(04), pages 03-09, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifodre:v:24:y:2017:i:04:p:03-09
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    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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