Rent-Seeking in Private Pensions: Concentration, Pricing and Performance

by Silvia Borzutzky and Mark Hyde

This book argues that the implementation of compulsory, highly regulated, privately administered, defined contribution pensions facilitates rent-seeking behaviour on the part of the pension fund administrators and undermines the retirees' income and well-being. While the book focuses primarily on Chile, its analysis and conclusions are applicable to several Latin American and Eastern European countries where privately administered pension systems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137580348
• ISBN13: 9781137580344
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"