We study the optimal consumption and portfolio for an agent maximizing the expected utility of his intertemporal consumption in a financial market with: (i) a riskless asset, (ii) a stock, (iii) a bond as a derivative on the stochastic interest rate, and (iv) a longevity bond whose coupons are...

We study optimal dynamic compliance decisions in an uncertain environment. Contrary to the static literature, greater uncertainty affects consumption, not the optimal tax evasion rule. Thus, audit and sanctions rather than fiscal uncertainty should be used to control tax evasion.

The reforms that have reshaped the public health care systems have often been coupled with devolution. However, this process has frequently been accompanied by widespread soft budget constraint policies. In this paper we argue that the soft budget constraint arises from a cooperative game...

In a model where health care provision, its regional distribution and the equalisation grant are the result of a utilitarian bargaining between a (relatively) rich region and a poor one, a First Best solution can be reached only if the two Regions have the same bargaining power. From a policy...

<i> Modalità di gestione del portafoglio per le fondazioni </i> (di Amedeo Amato e Francesco Menoncin) - ABSTRACT: Questa nota esamina il problema di una fondazione che, soggetta al vincolo di predefiniti ammontari di erogazioni e di spese di funzionamento, debba investire il proprio patrimonio in...

<i> Modalità di gestione del portafoglio per le fondazioni </i> (di Amedeo Amato e Francesco Menoncin) - ABSTRACT: Questa nota esamina il problema di una fondazione che, soggetta al vincolo di predefiniti ammontari di erogazioni e di spese di funzionamento, debba investire il proprio patrimonio in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the asset allocation problem for a pension fund which maximizes the expected present value of its wealth augmented by the prospective mathematical reserve at the death time of a representative member. Design/methodology/approach - The paper...