eprintid: 3880 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 69 dir: disk0/00/00/38/80 datestamp: 2018-01-24 11:31:54 lastmod: 2018-01-24 11:31:54 status_changed: 2018-01-24 11:31:54 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bilancini, Ennio creators_name: D'Antoni, Massimo creators_id: ennio.bilancini@imtlucca.it creators_id: title: The desirability of pay-as-you-go pensions when relative consumption matters and returns are stochastic ispublished: pub subjects: HB subjects: HC divisions: EIC full_text_status: none keywords: Pay-as-you-go pensions; Fully funded pensions; Relative consumption; Risk aversion; Relativity abstract: Under concerns for relative consumption a PAYG system becomes more attractive because it insures pensioners against the risk of being outperformed, but it becomes potentially less effective in hedging the risks associated with financial markets. The net effect is ambiguous. date: 2012 date_type: published publication: Economics Letters volume: 117 publisher: Elsevier pagerange: 418-422 id_number: doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.026 refereed: TRUE issn: 0165-1765 official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.026 citation: Bilancini, Ennio and D'Antoni, Massimo The desirability of pay-as-you-go pensions when relative consumption matters and returns are stochastic. Economics Letters, 117. pp. 418-422. ISSN 0165-1765 (2012)