Intergenerational Contracts and Time Consistency: Implications for Policy Settings and Governance in the Social Welfare System
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Keywords
intergeneration; time consistency; relational contract; insurance; social welfare;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
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