Is there an optimal pension fund size? A scale-economy analysis of administrative and investment costs
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- Jacob Bikker, 2013. "Is there an optimal pension fund size? A scale-economy analysis of administrative and investment costs," DNB Working Papers 376, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department.
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Keywords
Pension funds; unit-costs function; administrative costs; investment costs; economies of scale; pension plan design;All these keywords.
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- G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2013-04-27 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-EFF-2013-04-27 (Efficiency & Productivity)
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