Should You Take a Lump-Sum or Annuitize? Results from Swiss Pension Funds
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- Monika Buetler & Federica Teppa, 2005. "Should you Take a Lump-Sum or Annuitize? Results from Swiss Pension Funds," CESifo Working Paper Series 1610, CESifo.
- Monika Bütler & Federica Teppa, 2005. "Should You Take a Lump-Sum or Annuitize? Results from Swiss Pension Funds," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2005 2005-20, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen.
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Keywords
Occupational pension; Lump sum; Annuity; Choice anomalies;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- 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
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CFN-2005-12-09 (Corporate Finance)
- NEP-PBE-2005-12-09 (Public Economics)
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