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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1988.
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| 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.