Taming pension fund capitalism in Europe: Collective and state regulation in times of crisis

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-28

  Ebbinghaus, Bernhard ^a   Wiß, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

financial crisis; pension fund capitalism; Pension policy; social partners; welfare state reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857070739     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258910390840     Document Type: Article

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