Life Cycle Investing and Occupational Old-Age Provision in Switzerland

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Zainhofer, Florian (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2008.
• Θέματα: Finance.; Macroeconomics.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Finance, general.

Swiss economists have proposed to individualize the funded second pillar of the Swiss retirement provision system (BVG) by granting employees flexibility with respect to the contribution rate and risky asset share in their accounts. Opponents have stressed that such a reform would transfer the inves...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Institutional framework, motivation and objectives
• Methodology: state-of-the-art
• Methodology: computational aspects
• Empirical analysis of Swiss labor income dynamics
• Illustration of life cycle portfolio choice for stylized Swiss investors
• Welfare analysis
• Conclusions.