Optimal pension plan default policies when employees are biased

What is the optimal default contribution rate or default asset allocation in pension plans? Could active decision (i.e., not setting a default and forcing employees to make a decision) be optimal? These questions are studied in a model in which each employee is biased regarding her optimal contribut...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of public economic theory 2021-06, Vol.23 (3), p.583-596
1. Verfasser: Ivanov, Asen
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:What is the optimal default contribution rate or default asset allocation in pension plans? Could active decision (i.e., not setting a default and forcing employees to make a decision) be optimal? These questions are studied in a model in which each employee is biased regarding her optimal contribution rate or asset allocation. In this model, active decision is never optimal and the optimal default is, depending on parameter values, one of three defaults. The paper explores how the parameters affect the average loss in the population at the optimal default.
ISSN:1097-3923
1467-9779
DOI:10.1111/jpet.12493