The Evolution of Public Pension Schemes /

The purpose of this book is to describe and to give a theoretical explanation of the developments of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG)-financed public pension schemes in democracies from a positive point of view. The book especially tries to grasp the determinants for changes in PAYG-systems. It is shown that if...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verbon, Harrie
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988.
Series:Microeconomic studies.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The History of Transfer Payments for the Old
  • The Case for Government Intervention
  • The Choice of Financing Method: Economic Motives
  • The Choice of Financing Method: Political Motives
  • Tax-Transfer View, Altruism and Political Power
  • Uncertainty and Redistribution
  • The Rise and Evolution of PAYG-Systems
  • Public Pensions in a Small Open Economy
  • An Evaluation
  • Notes
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • List of Symbols.