养老金福利保险与养老金计划投资组合选择

Pension Benefit Insurance and Pension Plan Portfolio Choice

Review of Economics and Statistics · 2011
被引 26
人大 AFT50ABS 4

中文导读

研究了养老金福利保险对计划投资组合选择的影响,发现受保计划比未受保计划多投资约5%的股票,验证了道德风险理论。

Abstract

Pension benefit guarantees have been introduced in several countries to protect private plan members from the loss of income associated with the termination of an underfunded plan. Most such schemes face financial difficulty. Consequently, policy reforms are being contemplated. Economic theory suggests that such schemes will suffer moral hazard problems. We test a specific theoretical prediction: insured plans will invest more heavily in risky assets. Our test exploits policy differences across Canadian jurisdictions. We find that insured plans invest about 5% more in equities than do similar plans without benefit guarantees.

养老金担保投资组合选择道德风险权益投资