Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Research Articles

Optimal investment policies for defined benefit pension funds

ARJEN SIEGMANN

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 1-20

doi:10.1017/S1474747205002398 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Decentralized investment management: an analysis of non-profit pension funds

HAZEL BATEMAN and SUSAN THORP

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 21-44

doi:10.1017/S1474747206002484 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Private pensions and government guarantees: clues from Canada

NORMA L. NIELSON and DAVID K. W. CHAN

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 45-66

doi:10.1017/S1474747206002654 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Issues and Policy

The consistency of UK pension fund trustee decision-making

GORDON L. CLARK, EMIKO CAERLEWY-SMITH and JOHN C. MARSHALL

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 67-86

doi:10.1017/S1474747206002629 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Book Reviews

Social Security and Its Discontents. Ed. by Michael D. Tanner. CATO Institute, 2004, ISBN 1-9306865-55-4, 386 pages. Price $29.95.

SHEILA ZEDLEWSKI

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 87-88

doi:10.1017/S1474747206212848 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Tax Policy for Aging Societies: Lessons from Japan. By Akira Okamoto. Springer-Verlag Tokyo, 2004, ISBN 4431220550, 167 pages, $117.00.

LAURENCE SEIDMAN

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 88-89

doi:10.1017/S1474747206222844 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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The Reform of Bismarckian Pension Systems: A Comparison of Pension Politics in Austria, France, Italy, and Sweden. By Martin Schludi. Amsterdam University Press, 2005, ISBN 9053567402, 312 pages, €39.50.

STEVEN NEY

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 90-91

doi:10.1017/S1474747206232840 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Social Security: History and Politics from the New Deal to the Privatization Debate. Daniel Béland, University Press of Kansas, 2005, ISBN 0700614044, 252 pages.

COLLEEN E. MEDILL

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 91-92

doi:10.1017/S1474747206242847 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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The Battle for Social Security: From FDR's Vision To Bush's Gamble. By Nancy J. Altman. Wiley, 2005, ISBN 0471771724, 362 pages.

ANDREW J. RETTENMAIER

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 92-94

doi:10.1017/S1474747206252843 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Recruitment, Retention, and Retirement in Higher Education. Edited by Robert L. Clark and Jennifer Ma. Edward Elgar, 2005, ISBN 1 84542 185X, 293 pages.

JOHN HEUER

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 94-95

doi:10.1017/S147474720626284X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Fair Value and Pension Fund Management. Edited by Niels Kortleve, Theo Nijman, and Eduard Ponds. Elsevier Science, July 2006, ISBN 0-444-52245-X, 218 pages.

ANTHONY NEUBERGER

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 96-97

doi:10.1017/S1474747206272846 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Social Security Reform: Financial and Political Issues in International Perspective. By Robin Brooks and Assaf Razin. Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-521-84495-9, 375 pages, Price $82.00.

SHAUN L. YOW

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 97-98

doi:10.1017/S1474747206282842 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Rational Thinking and the Raw Nerve of Pension Fund Politics. By Jon Entine. The AEI Press, 2005, ISBN 084474218-X, 112 pages, Price $15.00.

TESSA TENNANT

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 98-99

doi:10.1017/S1474747206292849 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems – An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance. World Bank Independent Evaluation Group, under the direction of Emily S. Andrews. The World Bank, 2006, ISBN: 0821365517, 143 pages, Price $15.00.

NEHA SAND

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 100-101

doi:10.1017/S1474747206302843 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy. By Leonard Steinhorn. Thomas Dunne Books, 2006, ISBN: 0312326408, 336 pages, Price $24.95.

DALLAS SALISBURY

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 101-102

doi:10.1017/S147474720631284X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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The Calculus of Retirement Income: Financial Models for Pension Annuities and Life Insurance. By Moshe A. Milevsky. Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-521-84258-1, 321 pages, Price $45.00.

RAIMOND MAURER and WOLFRAM HORNEFF

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 102-104

doi:10.1017/S1474747206322846 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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The Strengthening of the New Pension Systems: The Role of Each Pillar in the Solution of Pension Problems. Edited by the International Federation of Pension Fund Administrators (FIAP). CIEDDES, 2006, ISBN 956-7265-38-0, 293 pages.

JOSE LUIS RUIZ

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 104-105

doi:10.1017/S1474747206332842 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Feb 2007

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