Pension Provision: Government Failure Around the World

by Philip Booth

This monograph surveys the results of government intervention in the market for retirement income provision throughout the world. The authors begin by looking at high-income democracies in which governments have, to a large degree, taken over the function of providing pensions. They find that state provision crowds out private provision and places a considerable fiscal burden on developed country governments. This fiscal burden is then combined with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0255366027
• ISBN13: 9780255366021
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"