Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/41428 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 10-076
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper presents an analysis of pension funds' performance in Poland and Hungary, two Central European countries characterized by strong regulation of their private pension fund industries. Thus, the paper extends the literature which has so far mostly focused on performance of pension fund industries facing no or limited regulation. We find that the performance of pension funds in the two studied countries differs. While we do not find convincing evidence of outperformance by Polish pension funds, we find strong evidence of underperformance by Hungarian pension funds. The results are robust to time-variation. The paper considers possible explanations behind these findings. The results of the paper should be of interest for policy-makers seeking to achieve optimal performance of the pension systems and academics in the research area of pension funds.
Subjects: 
pension fund management
investment and performance regulation
performance measurement
Central European stock markets
Emerging Markets
JEL: 
G23
G28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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