This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the generational wealth transfer within Sweden's public pay-as-you-go pension system introduced in 1960. Using extensive administrative registers, the paper quantifies the contributions made and benefits received by each birth cohort. The findings...

It is well known that rational bubbles can be sustained in balanced growth path of a deterministic economy when the return to capital <I>r</I> is equal to the growth rate <I>g</I>. When there is a lack of stores of value, bubbles can implement an efficient allocation. This paper considers a world where <I>r</I>...</i></i></i>