The Status of U.S. Public Pension Plans: A Review With Policy Considerations

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-137

  Schneider, Marguerite ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

governance; institutional investment; investor activism; public pension plans; retirement systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248035227     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X04271062     Document Type: Article

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