Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85758 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 03-094/3
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
The stock market collapse led to political tensions between generations due to the fuzzy definition of the property rights over the pension funds’ wealth. The problem is best resolved by the introduction of generational accounts. Modern consumption and portfolio theory shows that the younger generations should have the higher equity exposure due to their human capital. Stock market losses should be distributed smoothly over lifetime consumption by adjusting both current contributions and future entitlements. We present expressions for the substantial welfare losses involved in various practically relevant deviations from the optimal system.
Subjects: 
Saving & investment
Financial institutions
Pension funds
Private pensions
Social security and public pensions
JEL: 
E2
G2
G23
J32
H55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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