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Health, longevity and pension reform
, 2018 In this paper, we study alternative pension reforms designed to achieve fiscal sustainability in the face of demographic change. We are particularly interested in the heterogeneous effects across demographic groups, as improvements in health and longevity have not been uniform across the population.
Laun, Tobias +3 more
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Five Principles for a New Economic Consensus
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper puts forward five principles for a new economic consensus, which could serve as a modern alternative to the Washington Consensus of 35 years ago. They are built on new ideas that have gained currency in economics over the past three decades. We also provide examples of the policies that could follow from these principles.
Timothy Besley, Andrés Velasco
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Abacus, EarlyView.Relevance and faithful representation are identified by standard‐setters as fundamental qualitative characteristics for useful accounting information. We critically assess whether current pension measurement guidance under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) results in pension ...
Divya Anantharaman, Darren Henderson
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Monetary Policy, Investor Sentiment and Stock Price Bubble: Evidence From China
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The empirical results indicate that an increase in interest rates may stimulate a significant and persistent stock price bubble, which is consistent with rational asset price bubble theory. This finding suggests that central banks should implement anti‐turbulent monetary policy with caution, since inappropriate tightening may unintentionally ...
Jiahao Gong +3 more
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The Value of Financial Advice and Portfolio Rebalancing for Retirement Savings
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Utilising a sample of over 55,000 retirement portfolio rebalances, we examine (i) who seeks financial advice prior to rebalancing, and (ii) compare portfolio outcomes between advised and self‐directed rebalances. We find that wealthier, older, and female members are more likely to receive financial advice prior to rebalancing, and that advice ...
Kirsten L. MacDonald +3 more
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Preventing lower‐level gambling harms: Shifting from individual‐ to system‐frame approaches
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background Gambling‐related harm is not concentrated solely among individuals meeting criteria for problematic or disordered gambling. Tackling harm at a population level is essential to reducing the total burden of harm and preventing escalation to more severe harms.
Robert M. Heirene
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The Australian Union Movement and the Politics of Full Employment, 1945–1976
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that the Australian union movement played a crucial and often overlooked role in both the success and rapid decline of Australia's post‐war full employment framework. A particular focus is placed on the unions' response to the Fraser Liberal‐Country Party government's 1976 abandonment of post‐war full employment and the ...
Owen Bennett
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Incentives, Health, and Retirement: Evidence From a Finnish Pension Reform. [PDF]
Health EconOllonqvist J +5 more
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Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study traces how gambling in Australia changed from a simple form of leisure, enjoyed by all social classes in colonial times, to a billion‐dollar industry driven by political and economic imperatives. Using a case study, it links vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), caused by changes to the state‐federal taxation structure, to the ...
Barbara Kinder, Michael B. Charles
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