Volatility of Social Security Wealth: Political Risks of Benefit-Rule Changes in Germany
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social security wealth; political risk; Germany;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
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