Why a Funded Pension System is Useful and Why It is Not Useful

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 389-410

  Sinn, Hans Werner ^a  

^a CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fully funded system; Pay as you go system; Public pension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042546628     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008760717038     Document Type: Article

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