Managing contribution and capital market risk in a funded public defined benefit plan: Impact of CVaR cost constraintsRaimond Maurer, Olivia Mitchell and Ralph Rogalla Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2009, vol. 45, issue 1, pages 25-34 Abstract: Using a Monte Carlo framework, we analyze the risks and rewards of moving from an unfunded defined benefit pension system to a funded plan for German civil servants, allowing for alternative strategic contribution and investment patterns. In the process we integrate a Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR) restriction on overall plan costs into the pension manager's objective of controlling contribution rate volatility. After estimating the contribution rate that would fully fund future benefit promises for current and prospective employees, we identify the optimal contribution and investment strategy that minimizes contribution rate volatility while restricting worst-case plan costs. Finally, we analyze the time path of expected and worst-case contribution rates to assess the chances of reduced contribution rates for current and future generations. Our results show that moving toward a funded public pension system can be beneficial for both civil servants and taxpayers. Keywords: Public; pensions; Defined; benefit; Funding; Investing; Contribution; rate; risk; Conditional; Value; at; Risk (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:insuma:v:45:y:2009:i:1:p:25-34 Access Statistics for this article Insurance: Mathematics and Economics is edited by R. Kaas, H. U. Gerber, M. J. Goovaerts and E. S. W. Shiu More articles in Insurance: Mathematics and Economics from Elsevier |
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