Pension wise
Subtitle: confronting employer pension underfunding--and sparing taxpayers the next bailout
By: Charles P. Blahous
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Hoover Institution Press publication -- no. 597; Hoover Institution Press publication -- 597.
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780817912147; 9780817912161
Subjects: Compensation management; Pensions; Old age pensions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [75]-82) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of single-employer defined-benefit pensions; title: The nation's pension insurance system : the condition of the PBGC; title: The magnitude of pension underfunding nationwide; title: Technical reasons for pension underfunding; title: Pension plan assets; title: Pension plan liabilities; title: Addressing underfunding : statutory contribution requirements; title: Other funding safeguards established by the PPA; title: Premiums; title: Recent developments : legislation and the financial markets' plunge; title: Additional reasons for underfunding : structural issues facing the PBGC; title: Political economy factors; title: Pension funding policy principles : separating measurement accuracy from value judgments; title: Can the hole be filled? : separating fairness from risk issues; title: Going forward : general principles for pension insurance system reform; title: Conclusions and recommendations.