Welfare effects of life annuities: Some clarifications

Autor: Christian Habermann, Hans Fehr
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Economics Letters. 99:177-180
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.06.022
Popis: The present paper clarifies the intergenerational welfare effects of life annuities. While present young cohorts experience significant welfare gains, future generations are hurt by lower bequest. For sufficiently high interest rates long-run welfare will decrease although aggregate efficiency rises.
Databáze: OpenAIRE