Pension Plan Termination--What Do the Statistics Suggest?

Reviews statistics indicating a sharp increase in pension plan terminations; and attempts to determine factors contributing to this trend, focusing on recent charges that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is the primary reason for plan terminations and the contrasting theory that b...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1978.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Reviews statistics indicating a sharp increase in pension plan terminations; and attempts to determine factors contributing to this trend, focusing on recent charges that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is the primary reason for plan terminations and the contrasting theory that business and economic conditions are to blame.
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