This paper investigates the determinants of public sector pension plan investment and funding behavior. Its goal is to draw lessons which may be used to improve the design and governance of public pensions. Plan performance is related to characteristics of the pension systems' governance...

This paper investigates the determinants of public sector pension plan investment and funding behavior. Its goal is to draw lessons which may be used to improve the design and governance of public pensions. Plan performance is related to characteristics of the pension systems' governance...

We empirically analyze the role of different export destinations in the interrelationship between exporting and investments in R&D and fixed capital at the firm level. We employ a simultaneous equation multivariate Tobit model to account for censoring, interdependence, and endogeneity of our...