Conditional indexation in defined benefit pension plans in the Netherlands

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 494-515

  Bikker, Jacob A ^a   Vlaar, Peter J G ^a  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Average wage defined benefit pension; Monte Carlo simulations; Pension fund model; Regulation; Wage or price indexation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348874194     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510140     Document Type: Article

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