Policy options for state pension systems and their impact on plan liabilities

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-194

  Novy Marx, Robert ^a,c   Rauh, Joshua D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

financial risk; measurement of pension liabilities; Public pensions; state and local public finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052256171     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747211000084     Document Type: Article

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