This paper advances the theory of annuity demand. First, we derive sufficient conditions under which complete annuitization is optimal, showing that this well-known result holds true in a more general setting than in Yaari (1965). Specifically, when markets are complete, sufficient conditions...

When comparing investment in an immediate life annuity with a payout-equivalentinvestment fund decumulation plan (self-annuitization), previous research focusedon shortfall probabilities of self-annuitization. Chances of self-annuitization (i.e.,bequests) typically have not been addressed. We...

Gesellschaftliche Veränderungen und der demografische Wandel rücken die Organisation der finanziellen Absicherung des Lebensstandards im Alter in den Blickpunkt des öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Interesses. Bedingt durch die massiven Probleme der staatlichen Altersvorsorgesysteme in...