Pension Design and Structure: New Lessons from Behavioral Finance

Author:   Olivia S. Mitchell (Executive Director of the Pension Research Council, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) ,  Stephen P. Utkus (, Director of the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research, The Vanguard Group)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199273393


Pages:   314
Publication Date:   15 July 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Olivia S. Mitchell (Executive Director of the Pension Research Council, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) ,  Stephen P. Utkus (, Director of the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research, The Vanguard Group)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.645kg
ISBN:  

9780199273393


ISBN 10:   0199273391
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   15 July 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Research on Decision-Making Under Uncertainty 1: Olivia S. Mitchell and Stephen P. Utkus: Lessons From Behavioural Fianance for Retirement Plan Design 2: Gary Selnow: Motivating Retirement Planning: Problems and Solutions 3: Elke Weber: Who's Afraid of a Poor Old Age? Risk Perception and Risk Management Decisions 4: Meir Statman: Behavioral Portfolios: Hopes for Riches and Protection from Poverty Implications for Retirement Plan Design 5: Sheena Sethi-Iyengar, Gur Huberman, and Wei Jiang: How Much Choice is Too Much? Contributions to 401(k) Retirement Plans 6: Donna M. MacFarland, Carolyn D. Marconi, and Stephen P. Utkus: 'Money Attitudes' and Retirement Plan Design: One Size Does Not Fit All 7: James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian, and Andrew Metrick: Employee Investment Decisions About Company Stock 8: Esther Duflo and Emmanuel Saez: Implications of Information and Social Interactions for Retirement Saving Decisions Consequences for Retirement Education 9: Annamaria Lusardi: Saving and the Effectiveness of Financial Education 10: Robert L. Clark, Madeleine B. d'Ambrosio, Ann A. McDermed, and Kshama Sawant: Sex Differences, Financial Education, and Retirement Goals 11: Jason Scott and Gregory Stein: The Impact of Advice on Employee Behavior and Retirement Prospects 12: Victor Saliterman and Barry G. Sheckley: Adult Learning Principles and Pension Participant Behavior Implications for Retirement Payouts 13: John Ameriks: How Do Retirees Go From Stock to Flow? 14: Constantijn W. A. Panis: Annuities and Retirement Satisfaction 15: Matthew Drinkwater and Eric T. Sondergeld: Perceptions of Mortality Risk: Implications for Annuities

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Overall, the book is of a very high standard...This is certainly a book I will appreciate owning and sharing with colleagues. PEF In a very readable way, the authors overview the whole field and offer concise conclusions for pension plan design...Overall, the book is of a very high academic standard, as one would anticipate from this series. The Journal of Pension Economics and Finance


Overall, the book is of a very high standard...This is certainly a book I will appreciate owning and sharing with colleagues. PEF In a very readable way, the authors overview the whole field and offer concise conclusions for pension plan design...Overall, the book is of a very high academic standard, as one would anticipate from this series. The Journal of Pension Economics and Finance


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Olivia S. Mitchell is Executive Director of the Pension Research Council, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania , and also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her academic research explores private and publica insurance, risk management, public finance and labour markets, and compensation and pensions, with both a US and international focus. She recently served on President Bush's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. Stephen P. Utkus is the Director of the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research, where he conducts and sponsors research on retirement savings and retirement benefits. His current reserach interests include attitudes and expectations regarding retirement, financial markets, and employer-sponsored retirement plans; the psychological and behavioral aspects of participant decision-making; trading and investment behavior among retirement plan participants; fiduciary issues arising from retirement programs; and global trends in public and private pension plans. Mr Utkus is a member of the advisory board of the Wharton Pension Research Council, and he is currently a Visiting Scholar at The Wharton School.

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