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The 97th General Assembly ended in January without passing a pension reform bill; leaving the fate of the pension systems in the hands of a new assembly. However, solving the pension problem will not be any easier for this group of legislators. The u
We study how access to high-skill labor affects the outcomes of start-up firms. We obtain exogenous variation in firms’ ability to access skilled labor by using win rates in H-1B visa lotteries. Re...
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Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
We study how access to high-skill labor affects the outcomes of start-up firms. We obtain exogenous variation in firms’ ability to access skilled labor by using win rates in H-1B visa lotteries. Relative to other firms that also applied for H-1B vi
Publikováno v:
Journal of Financial Economics. 116:473-486
We provide new evidence on the empirical determinants of intertemporal financial decisions. We use an exogenously imposed choice affecting nearly all Croatian retirees to study characteristics associated with choosing a larger, deferred stream of pay
Differences in accrued gains and investors’ tax-sensitivity induce variation in a capital gains lock-in effect across mutual funds even for the same stock at the same time. Exploiting this variation, we show this effect influences funds’ governan
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https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105243
https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105243
Autor:
Jeffrey R. Brown, Scott J. Weisbenner
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Economics. 116:35-46
We examine individual choices between a defined contribution (DC) and a defined benefit (DB) retirement plan at a large public employer. We find sensible patterns with regard to standard economic and demographic factors: the probability of choosing t
Autor:
Scott J. Weisbenner, Jeffrey R. Brown
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Retirement. 1:22-45
This article discusses why employer-sponsored defined-contribution (DC) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are such an important part of the U.S. retirement system. The authors discuss the numerous positive strides taken by plan sponsors
Publikováno v:
American Economic Review. 104(3):931-62
Endowment payouts have become an increasingly important component of universities' revenues in recent decades. We study how universities respond to financial shocks to endowments and thus shed light on a number of existing models of endowment behavio
Autor:
Scott J. Weisbenner, Jeffrey R. Brown
Publikováno v:
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. 12:415-434
Over five million state and local government employees have lifetime earnings that are divided between employment that is covered by the Social Security system and employment that is not covered. As Social Security benefits are a nonlinear function o
Publikováno v:
Critical Finance Review. 1:3-58
We use the 2007 credit crisis to assess the effect of financial contracting on real corporate behavior. We identify heterogeneity in financial contracting at the onset of the crisis by exploring ex-ante variation in long-term debt maturity. Our empir