Pension Contributions as a Commitment device: evidence of sophistication among time-inconsistent households
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Keywords
commitment device; pensions; intertemporal choice;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2005-12-20 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-MAC-2005-12-20 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2005-12-20 (Public Economics)
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