Defined Contribution Pension Plans: Mutual Fund Asset Allocation Changes

Clemens Sialm, Laura Starks and Hanjiang Zhang

American Economic Review, 2015, vol. 105, issue 5, 432-36

Abstract: In this paper we compare changes in asset allocations between mutual funds held in defined contribution pension plans and funds held by other investors. We investigate how flows into equity and fixed income mutual funds depend on macroeconomic conditions. We find that defined contribution plans react more sensitively to these conditions, suggesting effects on mutual fund managers and other investors.

JEL-codes: E44 G23 J26 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20151006
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