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Author:   Zvi Bodie ,  E. P. Davis
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781840641868

ISBN 10:   184064186
Pages:   1152
Publication Date:   26 July 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Volume I: Acknowledgements * Introduction Part I The Financial System and Retirement Income Provision 1. Paul A. Samuelson (1958), 'An Exact Consumption-Loan Model of Interest With or Without the Social Contrivance of Money' 2. Henry Aaron (1966), 'The Social Insurance Paradox' 3. P.A. Diamond (1977), 'A Framework for Social Security Analysis' 4. Robert C. Merton (1983), 'On the Role of Social Security as a Means for Efficient Risk Sharing in an Economy Where Human Capital Is Not Tradable' 5. Robert C. Merton (1983), 'On Consumption Indexed Public Pension Plans' 6. James E. Pesando (1992), 'The Economic Effects of Private Pensions' 7. Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton (1993), 'Pension Benefit Guarantees in the United States: A Functional Analysis' 8. Deborah Roseveare, Willi Leibfritz, Douglas Fore and Eckhard Wurzel (1996), 'Ageing Populations, Pension Systems and Government Budgets: Simulation for 20 OECD Countries' Part II Pension Investments and the Capital Markets 9. Zvi Bodie (1990), 'Managing Pension and Retirement Assets: An International Perspective' 10. Josef Lakonishok, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1992), 'The Structure and Performance of the Money Management Industry' 11. Jean Frijns and Carel Petersen (1992), 'Financing, Administration and Portfolio Management: How Secure is the Pension Promise?' 12. T. Daniel Coggin, Frank J. Fabozzi and Shafiqur Rahman (1993), 'The Investment Performance of U.S. Equity Pension Fund Managers: An Empirical Investigation' 13. David Blake (1998), 'Pension Schemes as Options on Pension Fund Assets: Implications for Pension Fund Management' 14. E. Philip Davis (1996), 'The Role of Institutional Investors in the Evolution of Financial Structure and Behaviour' 15. Robert A.G. Monks (1997), 'Corporate Governance and Pension Plans' 16. Helmut Reisen and John Williamson (1997), 'Pension Funds, Capital Controls, and Macroeconomic Stability' 17. Zvi Bodie (1996), 'What the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Can Learn from the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation' Name Index Volume II: Part I Pensions and the Household Sector 1. Martin Feldstein (1978), 'Do Private Pensions Increase National Savings?' 2. Benjamin M. Friedman and Mark Warshawsky (1988), 'Annuity Prices and Savings Behavior in the United States' 3. Louis-David L. Dicks-Mireaux and Mervyn A. King (1983), 'Portfolio Composition and Pension Wealth: An Econometric Study' 4. Zvi Bodie (1990), 'Pensions as Retirement Income Insurance' 5. Alicia H. Munnell and Frederick O. Yohn (1992), 'What is the Impact of Pensions on Saving?' 6. Zvi Bodie and Dwight B. Crane (1997), 'Personal Investing: Advice, Theory, and Evidence' 7. Eric M. Engen and William G. Gale (1997), 'Effects of Social Security Reform on Private and National Saving' 8. Z. Bodie and Dwight B. Crane (1999), 'The Design and Production of New Retirement Saving Products' Part II Pensions and Corporate Finance 9. Jack L. Treynor (1977), 'The Principles of Corporate Pension Finance' 10. William F. Sharpe (1976), 'Corporate Pension Funding Policy' 11. Jeremy I. Bulow (1982), 'What Are Corporate Pension Liabilities?' 12. J. Michael Harrison and William F. Sharpe (1983), 'Optimal Funding and Asset Allocation Rules for Defined-Benefit Pension Plans' 13. Zvi Bodie, Jay O. Light, Randall Morck and Robert A. Taggart, Jr. (1985), 'Corporate Pension Policy: An Empirical Investigation' 14. Zvi Bodie (1990), 'The ABO, the PBO and Pension Investment Policy' 15. Ping-Lung Hsin and Olivia S. Mitchell (1997), 'Public Pension Plan Efficiency' 16. E. Philip Davis (1998), 'Regulation of Pension Fund Assets' 17. E. Philip Davis (1998), 'Pensions in the Corporate Sector' Part III Pension Reform Issues 18. Dimitri Vittas (1993), 'Swiss Chilanpore: The Way Forward for Pension Reform?' 19. Estelle James and Dimitri Vittas (1996), 'Mandatory Saving Schemes: Are They an Answer to the Old Age Security Problem?' 20. Laurence J. Kotlikoff (1997), 'Privatization of Social Security: How It Works and Why It Matters' 21. Robert Holzmann (1997), 'Pension Reform, Financial Market Development, and Growth: Preliminary Evidence from Chile' 22. Olivia S. Mitchell (1997), 'Building an Environment for Pension Reform in Developing Countries' 23. E. Philip Davis (1998), 'Policy and Implementation Issues in Reforming Pension Systems' 24. Salvador Valdes-Prieto (1998), 'The Private Sector in Social Security: Latin American Lessons for APEC' 25. Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton (1992), 'Pension Reform and Privatization in International Perspective: The Case of Israel' Name Index

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'Many of the papers reproduced in these volumes were first published in journals that are relatively inaccessible, so that this is a valuable reference collection for researchers and policymakers.' -- Sandeep Kapur, The Economic Journal 'The book will be an essential reference source for students, researchers and policymakers.' -- Aslib Book Guide

'Many of the papers reproduced in these volumes were first published in journals that are relatively inaccessible, so that this is a valuable reference collection for researchers and policymakers.' -- Sandeep Kapur, The Economic Journal'The book will be an essential reference source for students, researchers and policymakers.'- Aslib Book Guide

`Many of the papers reproduced in these volumes were first published in journals that are relatively inaccessible, so that this is a valuable reference collection for researchers and policymakers.' -- Sandeep Kapur, The Economic Journal `The book will be an essential reference source for students, researchers and policymakers.' -- Aslib Book Guide

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Edited by Zvi Bodie, Professor of Economics and Finance, School of Management, Boston University, US and E. Philip Davis, Professor of Economics and Finance, Brunel University, UK

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