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The political origin of pension funding [PDF]

Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2008
This paper argues that historical political preferences on the role of capital marketsshaped national choices on pension reliance on private funding.Under democratic voting, a majority will support investor protection and a privatelyfunded pension system when the middle class has significant financial participation,while high wealth concentration ...
Perotti, E., Schwienbacher, A.
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Why do people choose to enter and exit the teaching profession? An interdisciplinary quantitative synthesis

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Many nations experience recurring shortages of teachers in particular subjects, prompting concerns that pupils' education is suffering as a result. Researchers have responded by generating a sizable literature on the reasons for which people enter and exit the teaching profession.
Sam Sims, Harriet Lowes‐Belk, Clare Routledge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 and attitudes towards early withdrawal of pension funds: The role of trust and political ideology. [PDF]

J Econ Ageing, 2022
López F, Rosas G.
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Pension funds, national savings and financial development: unpacking conditional effects using U.S. time series data

Cogent Economics & Finance
The relationship between pension funds and national savings (NS) varies depending on the existing level of savings within an economy. Similarly, the structural impacts of pension funds on financial development are influenced by these savings levels. This
Kazeem Abimbola Sanusi, Zandri Dickason-Koekemoer   +1 more
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Media Attention to Climate Change and Investor Flows in US Equity Mutual Funds

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how climate‐related news influences mutual fund investor behaviour in the United States. Although prior research has documented the financial relevance of climate risks, little is known about how media attention to climate change shapes capital allocation across mutual funds.
Laura Andreu, Diego Víctor de Mingo‐López, Juan Carlos Matallín‐Saez, José Luis Sarto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The current tax situation of occupational pensions and pan‐European pension funds

Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2007
The main tax obstacle to the functioning of pan‐European pension funds is the exclusion from tax relief of cross‐border contributions. Many Member States have eliminated this obstacle or have announced that they will do this soon.
Gerhard Mudrack
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Pension funds and FDI. Is there a link? [PDF]

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, 2019
The significant factors determining Foreign Direct Investments are trade openness, economic growth and the institutional profile of the country. Among the latter determinants, pension system privatization attracts foreign investors, as it gives them a signal that the country's macroeconomic stability is going to improve. FDI are beneficial for economic
Marcin Brycz, Teresa Kamińska
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Drivers of Nature‐Related Investment Strategies Among Institutional Investors

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Institutional investors are increasingly responding to biodiversity loss through nature‐related investment strategies. Using survey data from 557 institutional investors, this study examines the drivers of strategy selection and how biodiversity risk is integrated across investor types, sizes, and regions.
Emma Olofsson
wiley   +1 more source

Are Pension Fund Managers Overconfident? [PDF]

Journal of Behavioral Finance, 2008
Empirical studies show that people tend to be overconfident about the precision of their knowledge, leading to miscalibration. Consistent with this, we found that on overage the decision makers of Swiss pension plans provide too narrow confidence intervals when asked to estimate the past return of various assets.
Gort, Christoph, Wang, Mei, Siegrist, Michael   +2 more
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