We study the interplay between tenure decisions, stock market investment and the public social security system. Housing equity not only serves a dual purpose as a consumption good and as an asset, but also provides insurance to buffer various risks in retirement. Our life cycle model captures...

This paper studies the role of pensions and income taxes in determining homeownership and household wealth. It provides a cross-country analysis, using tax and pension policy designs in Germany, the US and Australia. These developed nations have similar incomes per capita but very different...

Dieser Aufsatz beschäftigt sich mit der fairen Bewertung einer von der Deutschen Bank AG emittierten Aktienanleihe mit Barriere, die als 'Easy-Aktienanleihe' (ISIN: DE000XM6XYZ2) am Markt angeboten wird. Da Aktienanleihen mit Barriere strukturierte Produkte sind, zerlegen wir diese hierfür in...

This paper develops a general equilibrium life-cycle model with endogenous retirement and disability risk, in order to quantify the impact of recent pension reforms in Germany. At certain ages households may either apply for disability pensions (DP) or old-age pensions (OAP), de-pending on...

Der Tagungsband zur Arbeitstagung 2004 des Finanzwissenschaftlichen Ausschusses zum Thema 'Haushaltsdisziplin und öffentliche Verschuldung' bietet in vier Beiträgen einen kompetenten Überblick über Erklärungsansätze für die angespannte Lage der öffentlichen Haushalte und über...

The present paper aims to quantify efficiency properties of real world social security systems of various institutional designs in order to identify an optimal pension design. Starting from a benchmark economy without social security, we introduce alternative pension systems and compare the...

This study uses Fehr, Jokisch, and Kotlikoff's (2004a) dynamic general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of changes in fertility and mortality on the developed world's demographic transition. The model features three regions – the U.S., Japan, and the EU-15 – and incorporates age- and...