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Defined Contribution Pension Plans and the Measurement of Retirement Wealth: Implications for Studies of Pension Knowledge, Saving, and the Timing of Retirement
Gary Engelhardt, Syracuse University


Planning and the Effectiveness of Retirement Seminars
Annamaria Lusardi, Dartmouth College


The Impact of Own Children on Retirement Portfolio Composition in the United States
Eric Jensen and Jennifer Mellor, College of William and Mary


Does the Internet Increase Price Competition? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry
Jeff Brown, Harvard University


Effects of Financial Education Intervention on Attitudes Toward Saving for Retirement
Doug Hershey, Oklahoma State University
John Mowen, Oklahoma State University


Effects of Financial Education Intervention on Attitudes Toward Saving for Retirement
Doug Hershey, Oklahoma State University
John Mowen, Oklahoma State University


What to Expect When You Are Expecting Rationality: Testing Rational Expectations
Hugo Benitez-Silva, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Debra S. Dwyer, State University of New York at Stony Brook


Financial Education and Retirement Savings
Robert Clark, North Carolina State University
Madeleine d'Ambrosio, TIAA-CREF Institute
Paul Mulvey, North Carolina State University


Horizon Length and Portfolio Risk
Christian Gollier, Universitè de Toulouse
Richard Zeckhauser, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University


Regression to the Mean and Analysts' Forecasts of Corporate Earnings
Margaret Y. Hwang, Pomona College
Gary N. Smith, Pomona College


Saving and Life Insurance Holding at Boston University: A Unique Case Study
B. Douglas Bernheim, Stanford University
Solange Berstein, Boston University and the Central Bank of Chile
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University
Jagadeesh Gokhale, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland


CUNY Forum
David F. Weiman, Social Science Research Council (SSRC)



Optimizing the Retirement Portfolio:
Asset Allocation, Annuitization, and Risk Aversion

Wolfram J. Horneff, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt
Raimond Maurer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt
Olivia S. Mitchell, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Ivica Dus, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt


Industry Analysis of Higher Education
Charles Goldman, Rand Corporation


Variable Immediate Annuities and Asset Allocation at Retirement
Moshe Milevsky, York University


The Social Mutual Fund: A Proposal for Social Security Reform
Perry Mehrling, Barnard College, Columbia University


Faculty Retirement at the University of North Carolina
Robert Clark and Linda Ghent, North Carolina State University


Gender Effects on Employee Participation and Investment Behavior with 401(k) Retirement Plans
David Balkin, University of Colorado


Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Plans
Shlomo Benartzi, UCLA
Richard Thaler, University of Chicago


Stocks, Bonds, and Bills: Relative Performance Over Various Holding Periods
Kent Hickman, Gonzaga University
Hugh Hunter, San Diego State University
John Byrd, Fort Lewis College


Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Plans
Shlomo Benartzi, UCLA
Richard Thaler, University of Chicago


A New Multi-Horizon Fund Rating Procedure: Comparison of its Predictive Power With Other Rating Schemes
Matthew R. Morey, Smith College
Christopher Blake, Fordham University


Optimal Investment Allocations Given Fixed Periodic Contributions
Jim Musumeci, Southern Illinois University


Are Baby Boomers Saving Adequately for Retirement?
William G. Gale, Brookings Institution


The Decision to Retire: Predictions from Goal and Subjective Expected Utility Theory
David Walsh, University of Southern California


Private Investment of Public Pension Funds: The U.S. Navy Pension Fund
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson, North Carolina State University


Critical Mass on Corporate Boards: Why Three or More Women Enhance Governance
Vicki W. Kramer, V. Kramer & Associates
Alison M. Konrad, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
Sumru Erkut, Wellesley Centers for Women
April 2007


Corporate Governance and Mutual Fund Performance
Qi Chen, Duke University
Itay Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania
Wei Jiang, Columbia University
May 2005


A Portfolio Model of Retirement Income Including Social Security
Vickie L. Bajtelsmit, Colorado State University
John A. Turner, International Labor Office
February 2005


Uncharted Waters: Paying Benefits from Individual Accounts in Federal Retirement Policy
Virginia Reno, National Academy of Social Insurance
January 2005


The Evolution of Pension Structure in the U.S.
Leora Friedberg, University of Virginia
Michael Owyang, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
August 2004


Optimal Consumption and Investment with Capital Gains Taxes
Chester Spatt, Robert Dammon, and Harold Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
June 2004


Faculty Recruitment and Retention: Perceptions and Concerns of Early and Mid-career Faculty at the University of North Carolina
Betsy Brown, Carroll-Ann Trotman, University of North Carolina
June 2004


Optimal Asset Location and Allocation with Taxable and Tax-Deferred Investing
Chester Spatt, Robert Dammon, Carnegie Mellon University
Harold Zhang, University of North Carolina
June 2004


Understanding the Impact of Employer Matching on 401(k) Saving
Gary Englehardt, Syracuse University
June 2003


How Did the Elimination of Mandatory Retirement Affect Faculty Retirement?
Orley Ashenfelter, Princeton University
David Card, University of California at Berkeley
November 2001


Financial Education and Retirement Savings
Robert Clark, North Carolina State University
Madeleine d'Ambrosio, TIAA-CREF Institute
Paul Mulvey, North Carolina State University
June 2001


Estimating the Costs of Trading Corporate and Municipal Bonds
Paul Schultz, University of Notre Dame
April 2001


The Baby Boom Heads for Retirement
Sophie M. Korczyk, Analytical Services, Inc.
March 2001


Joint Life Annuities and Annuity Demand by Married Couples
James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National Bureau of Economic Research
December 2000


Do the Rich Save More?
Stephen P. Zeldes, Columbia University
Karen Dynan, Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College
September 2000


Regression to the Mean and Analysts' Forecasts of Corporate Earnings
Margaret Y. Hwang, Pomona College
Gary N. Smith, Pomona College
June 2000


A Comparative Study of Retiree Lifestyles Among Faculty in the U.S. and the U.K
Suzanne Taylor, University of Rhode Island
December 1999


Global Aging Initiative: Report to World Leaders
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
January 1999


Investment Flexibility and the Acceptance of Risk
Christian Gollier, Universitè de Toulouse
John Lindsey and Richard Zeckhauser, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
October 1997


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