Why should the portfolios of mandatory, private pension funds be captive? (The foreign investment question)

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 123-141

  de Menil, Georges ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital shortages; Foreign investment limits; Pension funds; Pension swaps

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644263227     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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