Diese Arbeit untersucht die Auswirkungen einer Erhöhung der Lebensarbeitszeit für den Beitragssatz einer umlagefinanzierten Rentenversicherung. Dabei werden die von der längeren Lebensarbeitszeit betroffenen Personen durch versicherungsmathematische Zuschläge entschädigt. Es wird gezeigt,...

The previous welfare-economics literature on intergenerational transfers through unfunded public pension schemes studies either “small open” economies, which can borrow or lend abroad without restriction at constant interest rates, or “closed” economies, in which domestic capital...

Our analysis of a game-theoretic model of liberal rights had two main purposes: First, we gave a characterization of Gibbard's solution to the liberal paradox in terms of a game equilibrium. Secondly, we asked for preference restrictions that can guarantee the existence of a Pareto-optimal...

Most systems of health care financing in EU member states currently include elements of income redistribution. The paper analyzes the effects of shifting income redistribution entirely to the tax system, while confining public health systems to their insurance role. We argue that this reform...

In a recent paper, Homburg and Richter have argued that with free mobility of labor within a common labor market there is a need to harmonize and even consolidate pay-as-you-go financed national public pension systems to reach an efficient allocation of labor. We show that with free and...

In response to the growing burden of obesity, public primary prevention programs against obesity have been widely recommended. Several studies estimated the cost effectiveness of diabetes prevention trials for different countries. Nevertheless, it is still controversial if prevention conducted...