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Investing in a New Financial Instrument: The First Buyers of Urban Debt in Catalonia (Mid. 14th Century)

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte
This article consists of a systematic analysis of a large sample of the first purchasers of annuities issued by the urban governments of Catalonia between the years 1313 and 1367. Based on preliminary literature on the subject, it gathers, describes, and
Milian Laura Miquel, Sala Albert Reixach, Pijuan Pere Verdés   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time Restrictions on Life Annuity Benefits: Portfolio Risk Profiles

Risks, 2022
Due to the increasing interest in several markets in life annuity products with a guaranteed periodic benefit, the back-side effects of some features that may prove to be critical either for the provider or the customer should be better understood.
Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
doaj   +1 more source

Stimulating Annuity Markets [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Abstract We study the short-, medium-, and long-run implications of stimulating annuity markets in a dynamic general-equilibrium overlapping-generations model. We find that beneficial partial-equilibrium effects of stimulating annuity markets are counteracted by negative general-equilibrium repercussions.
Trimborn, Timo, Mierau, Jochen O., Heijdra, Ben J.   +2 more
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The substantial economic burden of rotator cuff pathology: A nationwide cost‐of‐illness study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the nationwide economic burden of rotator cuff (RC) pathology by quantifying expenditures related to outpatient consultations including out‐of‐pocket expenses, hospitalisations and occupational insurance claims, within a national healthcare system.
Umile Giuseppe Longo, Martina Marino, Vincenzo Candela, Silvia D'Amario, Daniela Martini, Andrea Bucciarelli, Ranieri Poli, Pieter D'Hooghe, Alessandro de Sire, Michele Mercurio, Arianna Carnevale   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financing Poor Relief in the Small Lower Rhine Town of Kalkar in the Late Middle Ages

Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Managing the poor’s funds in the Middle Ages was a great responsibility and a rather complex task that relied on the involvement and contributions of numerous persons, not least on the voluntary work of well-educated men.
Gussone Monika
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Longevity Risk and Annuitisation Decisions in the Absence of Special-Rate Life Annuities

Risks
Longevity risk affecting older adults can be transferred to the insurance market by purchasing a lifetime annuity. Special-rate life annuities, which are priced, among other factors, on the basis of health and lifestyle factors, go beyond traditional ...
Jorge de Andrés-Sánchez, Laura González-Vila Puchades   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing South African annuity options at retirement

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2014
In this study various annuity strategies are compared for South African males who retired during the 30 years from 1960 to 1989. To this end, the present values of the monthly cash flows provided by 47 different annuity strategies are calculated and ...
Jeanie De Villiers-Strydom, Niel Krige
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Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton, Michelle Benson, Chao Guo, Daniel G. Neely, Tahmina Ahmed, Mohammad Maruf Hasan, Shujie Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

CLAIMING SOCIAL HOUSING FUTURES: Value, Risk and the Temporal Politics of Income Strip Financing in London

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Asset managers, private equity firms and other institutional investors have assumed an increasingly important role in the ownership and management of housing and infrastructure since the Global Financial Crisis. This article analyses how social housing in London is being transformed into a financial asset through an analysis of ‘income strip ...
Aretousa Bloom, Joe Penny
wiley   +1 more source

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SECOND PILLAR COMPONENT ON OLD AGE PENSION IN LITHUANIA

Ekonomika, 2013
. The aim of the study was is to evaluate the impact of a privately accumulated second pillar component on old-age pension. This evaluation is based on quantitative, statistical data and qualitative analysis of pension accumulation results in second ...
Teodoras Medaiskis, Tadas Gudaitis
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