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Edited by Zvi Bodie, John B. Shoven, and David A. Wise

Pensions in the U.S. Economy

210 pages,     © 1987
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report

Cloth $54.00

ISBN: 9780226062853   Published January 1988

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Zvi Bodie, John B. Shoven, and David A. Wise
 
1. The Determinants of IRA Contributions and the Effect of Limit Changes
Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise
Comment: Gary Burtless
 
2. Annuity Prices and Saving Behavior in the United States
Benjamin M. Friedman and Mark Warshawsky
Comment: R. Glenn Hubbard

3. Pension Funding and Saving
B. Douglas Bernheim and John B. Shoven
Comment: Eugene Steuerle
 
4. Poverty among the Elderly: Where Are the Holes in the Safety Net?
Poverty among the Elderly: Where Are the Holes in the Safety Net?
Michael J. Boskin and John B. Shoven
Comment: Thomas A. Gustafson
 
5. Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What Are the Real Trade-offs?
Zvi Bodie, Alan J. Marcus, and Robert C. Merton
Comment: Laurence J. Kotlikoff
 
6. Pensions and Turnover
Edward P. Lazear and Robert L. Moore
Comment: Michael D. Hurd
 
List of Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Subjects



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