Financing Retirement in Europe: Public Sector Reform and Financial Market Development

Financing Retirement in Europe: Public Sector Reform and Financial Market Development
 
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CORE, Universite Catholique de Louvain

Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI)

London School of Economics (LSE)

Universiteit van Amsterdam

Università di Salerno

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)


Centre for Economic Policy Research
90-98 Goswell Road
London
EC1V 7RR
UK
Centre for Economic Policy Research

Team Leader:
Ron Anderson
- Pension transition problems, annuities markets.

Other researchers in the team and areas of interest:
Timothy Besley
- Governance of pension schemes; the future of the Third Pillar
Monika Bütler

Jan Krahnen

Administrator: Claudette Schala


CORE, Universite Catholique de Louvain
34 Voie du Roman Pays
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
BELGIUM

 

CORE, Universite Catholique de Louvain

Team Leader:
Pierre Pestieau
- Shift form PAYG to fully funded systems, social security and retirement age, equity aspects of pensions reforms

Other researchers in the team and areas of interest:
David De La Croix
- Intergenerational transferts, overlapping generations models with endogeneous demographics
Jacques Drèze - Role of fully-funded systems for smoothing demographic shocks, design of suitable assets for pension funds
Jean Hindriks - Social insurance : normative and positive approaches
Alain Jousten - Private pensions and bequests
Jean-marie Lozachmeur - Incidence of social security and income taxation on the retirement decision
Maurice Marchand
- Normative approaches of social insurance, distributive effects of pension reform

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Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI)
Manufacture Des Tabacs
21 Allée de Brienne
31000 Toulouse
FRANCE
Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI)

Team Leader: Helmuth Cremer
Other researchers in the team: Bruno Biais, Catherine Casamatta, Georges Casamatta, Philippe De Donder, Barbara Lipszyc, Jean-Charles Rochet
Administrator: 


London School of Economics (LSE)
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
UK
London School of Economics (LSE)

Team Leader:
David Webb
- Analysis of the switch from DB to DC schemes
Other researchers in the team and areas of interest:
Sudipto Bhattacharya

David Blake - Design and working of DB and DC schemes

Roman Inderst -
Agency problems and pension fund financing
Robert Kosowski -  Pension fund performance measurement; asset-liability management.
Paola Lopes: Annuities; Pension Choice between DB and DC schemes
Alex Michaelides
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Dynamics of saving and portfolio choice in general equilibrium; simulation of transition paths.
Andrea Prat

Joachim Inkmann: Liability Valuation and Optimal Asset Allocation for DB Pension Plans

Ian Tonks
- Performance measurement; accounting standards; market impact of pension fund behaviour.

Administrator:


Universiteit van Amsterdam
Spui 21
1012 WX Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
Universiteit van Amsterdam

Team Leader: Frank de Jong
Other researchers in the team: Roel Beetsma, Casper van Ewijk,
Paul Sengmueller and Enrico Perotti
Administrator:


Università di Salerno
Via Ponte don Melillo
84084 Fisciano (SA)
ITALY
Università di Salerno

Team Leader:
Marco Pagano
- Price impact of pension fund trading.
Management and regulation of risks of pension finance. Pension fund development and investor activism.

Other researchers in the team and areas of interest:
Alberto Bennardo
Salvatore Capasso - Capital formation and economic growth
Marcello D'Amato - Management and regulation of pension funds
Raquel Fonseca - The impact of shocks to pension fund wealth on household portfolios and labor participation. Distributive incidence of pension reform
Tullio Jappelli - Household portfolio choice. Tax incentives to saving and borrowing
Riccardo Martina - Regulation of pension funds
Annamaria Menichini - Pension funds development and shareholder monitoring
Marco Pagnozzi
Thomas Steinberger - Optimal wealth accumulation and portfolio allocation over the life-cycle in the presence of labour market risk and imperfections in financial markets.

Administrator: Ms Lia Ambrosio


Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27
Barcelona 08005
SPAIN
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

Team Leader: 
Xavier Freixas
- The industrial organization of pension funds: subsidies and maket power

Other researchers in the team and areas of interest:
Giovanni Cespa - Shareholder activism and trading activity of private pension funds

Vicente Cuñat
- The corporate governance of pension funds: ownership, performance and management
Lluisa Fuster - Quantitative general equilibrium analysis of social security systems

Juan Pedro Gomez
- Risk, return and corporate governance of pension funds: 'A comparative study of defined benefit versus defined contribution plans: implications for strategic asset allocation'
Manuel Moreno
- Derivative pricing and management of risks related to long-term movements in stock prices
Michael Reiter
- Numerical solution of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models with heterogenous agents
Jose Penalva - Insurance and finance in general equilibrium: the effect of limited liability and default in insurance market structure 
Ernesto Villanueva - Public Finance: the role of intergenerational links in capital formation

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