Why have target-date funds performed better in the COVID-19 selloff than the 2008 selloff?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2021.106367
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Default investment; Target-date fund; COVID-19; Glide path;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
- J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
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