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STATE PENSION FUND «PROMAGROFOND» AND ITS PLACE IN PENSION RUSSIA
RUDN Journal of Engineering Research, 2015 The article discusses the work of private pension funds “PROMAGROFOND”. Shown his place in the pension system in Russia. Particular attention is paid to the placement of the fund’s assets in the various organizations of the Russian Federation . Describes
A B Bogoslovskya, Y N Arefyeva
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) are central to income diversification and livelihood resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, the welfare implications of baobab commercialisation remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by analysing the contribution of the baobab value chain to household income, poverty reduction, and income ...
Frederick Frimpong +3 more
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Earnings Manipulation and Managerial Investment Decisions: Evidence from Sponsored Pension Plans [PDF]
Managers appear to manipulate firm earnings when they characterize pension assets to capital markets and alter investment decisions to justify, and capitalize on, these manipulations.
Daniel Bergstresser +2 more
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Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea +15 more
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Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Retirement age expectations and preferences are shaped by individual, social, and government policy influences. Our paper reviews major policy changes in the Australian Retirement Income System over the past two decades and documents changes in Australian workers' expected and preferred retirement age. Research Findings/
Paul Gerrans +2 more
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The determinants of the flow of funds of managed portfolios: mutual funds versus pension funds [PDF]
Due to differences in financial sophistication and agency relationships, we posit that investors use different criteria to select portfolio managers in the retail mutual fund and fiduciary pension fund industry segments. We provide evidence on investors’
Diane Del Guercio, Paula A. Tkac
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Temporary Employment and First‐Time Homeownership in Australia
Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Questions How does temporary employment, that is, fixed‐term contract and casual employment, affect the transition into first‐time homeownership among young people in Australia? Does the effect differ by employment type, gender, relationship situation, or parents' socio‐economic status?
Inga Laß
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Pension Funding Decisions, Interest Rate Assumptions and Share Prices [PDF]
This paper explores how unfunded pension obligations affect the market values of firms. Finns appear to choose the interest rate they use in discounting future benefit obligations so as to balance the tax advantages of a low rate against the more healthy
Martin Feldstein, Randall Morck
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SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF PENSION FUNDS ON CAPITAL MARKETS. THE EU-15 COUNTRIES CASE [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2012 The paper aims at providing new empirical evidence for the connection between pension reform and domestic stock market development, in the case of the old member states of European Union.
MILOŞ LAURA RAISA
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Housing, Inequality and London
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Regional inequalities are deeply entrenched in the UK. London, and its wider region, is often seen as the beneficiary of these inequalities. The capital houses a disproportionate share of the nation's population and its economic output. But London is also home to higher levels of inequality, poverty and child poverty than anywhere else in the ...
Jack Brown, Joe Fyans
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