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Social Security as Markov Equilibrium in OLG Models: A Note

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  • Martín Gonzalez Eiras

    (Department of Economics, Universidad de San Andres & CONICET)

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I refine and extend the Markov perfect equilibrium of the social security policy game in Forni (2005) for the special case of logarithmic utility. Under the restriction that the policy function be continuous, instead of differentiable, the equilibrium is globally well defined and its dynamics always stable.

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  • Martín Gonzalez Eiras, 2010. "Social Security as Markov Equilibrium in OLG Models: A Note," Working Papers 105, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia, revised Sep 2010.
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    7. Lopez-Velasco, Armando R., 2024. "Markov equilibrium of social security: An analytic solution under CRRA utility and the future of social security," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).

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    Keywords

    social security; overlapping generations models; Markov equilibria;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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