This study analyzes the diffusion of public sector pension reforms across the American
states between 1999 and 2012, a policy area notable for its fiscal implications as much as its …

Purpose This research explores the relationships between financial awareness and investor
satisfaction about retirement planning, particularly in the Indian context. We developed a …

Pension funds, often regarded as the cornerstone of financial security in retirement, play a
pivotal role in the global financial system. These institutional investors collect, manage, and …

State governments are frequently said to manipulate the discount rate assumption to make
pension funding look better, reduce employers' and employees' pension contributions, or …

State governments establish pension systems to provide retirement benefits to public
employees. State governments as sponsors, state legislatures as policy makers, and public …

The growth of unfunded pension liabilities has raised concern over states' fiscal
sustainability and threatens their ability to access the capital market. Over the past decade …

One important aspect of public finance is understanding expenditure allocations among
competing purposes. Applying the public choice paradigm and fiscal illusion framework, this …

An aging workforce and increasing retirement benefits are ongoing problems for states and
municipalities. Unions are often blamed for governments offering too generous pension …

Defined benefit (DB) pension plans are the dominant retirement program for state and local
governments in the United States. However, in the last 15 years, some have given new …

This study aims to examine antecedents of the pension schemes in Indian context. The
relationship between the factors underlying the perception of subscribers towards the …