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Defined Contribution Plans

Defined Contribution Plans is a type of pension plan in which individual accounts are funded by contributions from the employee and/or employer, with retirement benefits determined by the amount contributed and the investment performance of those contributions over time.

277

Publications

16.2K

Citations

407

Authors

241

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

26

Variants

Defined Contribution Pension Plans

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Publications

277

Save More Tomorrow™: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving

Richard H. Thaler, Shlomo Benartzi · Journal of Political Economy · 2004 · 2.5K citations

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Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Saving Plans

Shlomo Benartzi, Richard H. Thaler · American Economic Review · 2001 · 1.6K citations

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Save more tomorrow: Using behavioral economics to increase employee saving

Shlomo Benartzi, Richard H. Thaler · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2004 · 453 citations

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Stochastic lifestyling: Optimal dynamic asset allocation for defined contribution pension plans

Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake, Kevin Dowd · Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control · 2005 · 319 citations

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Pension Reform

Robert Holzmann, Edward Palmer · The World Bank eBooks · 2006 · 266 citations · Full text

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Authors

407

  1. OS
    Olivia S. Mitchell

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    14 publications · 759 citations

    12

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  2. DB
    David Blake

    City, University of London, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 682 citations

    11

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  3. RL
    Robert L. Clark

    North Carolina State University, United States

    10 publications · 445 citations

    10

    h-index

  4. SH
    Steven Haberman

    City, University of London, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 590 citations

    7

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  5. JJ
    James J. Choi

    Yale University, United States

    6 publications · 764 citations

    6

    h-index

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Institutions

241

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    15 h-index

    37 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. City, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    689 citations

  4. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    437 citations

  5. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    297 citations

  6. University of Turin

    Turin, Italy

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    550 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    252 citations

  8. Heriot-Watt University

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    444 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 38 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance

    21 publications · 565 citations

    16

    h-index

  3. Insurance Mathematics and Economics

    16 publications · 919 citations

    14

    h-index

  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 13 publications · 894 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. Journal of Risk & Insurance

    10 publications · 449 citations

    10

    h-index

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