Administrative Costs and the Organization of Individual Retirement Account Systems : A Comparative Perspective

Administrative Costs and the Organization of Individual Retirement Account Systems : A Comparative Perspective

What is the most cost-effective way to organize individual accounts that are part of a mandatory social security system? Defined-contribution individual account components of social security systems are criticized for being too expensive. The autho...

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Main Authors: James, Estelle, Smalhout, James, Vittas, Dimitri
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTS
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADMINISTRATIVE FEES
ADVERTISING
ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSETS
AUDITORS
BANK DEPOSITS
BENCHMARK
BID
BIDDING
COLLUSION
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CONSUMERS
COST ALLOCATION
COST EFFICIENCY
COST SAVINGS
DEREGULATION
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMERGING MARKETS
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL PLANNERS
FIXED COSTS
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
MARGINAL COST
MARKET FORCES
MARKET SHARE
MARKETING COSTS
MARKETING STRATEGY
MERGERS
MUTUAL FUND
MUTUALFUNDS
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
OLIGOPOLY
PORTFOLIO
PRICE CEILINGS
PRICE COMPETITION
PRICE DISCRIMINATION
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
QUALITY OF SERVICE
REBATES
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGULATORY CAPTURE
RETAIL
SALES
SHAREHOLDERS
SOCIAL MARKETING
SPREAD
STOCKS
TIME SERIES
TOTAL COSTS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRUSTS
TURNOVER
UNEMPLOYMENT
VARIABLE COSTS
VOLATILITY
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003164/administrative-costs-organization-individual-retirement-account-systems-comparative-perspective
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19709

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003164/administrative-costs-organization-individual-retirement-account-systems-comparative-perspective
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19709

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