Risky Assumptions: A closer Look at the Bearing of Investment Risk in Defined-Benefit Pension Plans

James Pesando

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2008, issue 266

Abstract: There is reason to question whether employers bear all – and employees none – of the investment risk in defined-benefit pension plans. So are they just defined-contribution plans in disguise?

Keywords: governance and public institutions; pension papers; investment risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G23 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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