What Will Happen to Financial Markets When the Baby Boomers Retire? /

This paper explores whether changes in the age distribution have significant effects on financial markets that are rational and forward-looking. It presents an overlapping generations model in which agents make a portfolio decision over stocks and bonds when saving for retirement- Using the model to...

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Päätekijä: Brooks, Robin
Aineistotyyppi: Aikakauslehti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Sarja:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/018
Linkit:Full text available on IMF
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