This paper considers the question of why the annuity market is thin. A model is presented in which consumers have the option of purchasing annuities before discovering their survival probability; they can then recontract the initial choice after the resolution of this form of uncertainty. It is shown that consumers purchase insurance against their own survival-probability type at a very young age and do not undertake further transactions. This characterization is then used to analze the effects of introducing future income uncertainty and to investigate the trade-off between old age insurance motive and portfilio flexibility. © 1993.
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Data di pubblicazione: | 1993 |
Titolo: | Uncertainty resolution and the timing of annuity purchases |
Rivista: | JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2727(93)90059-3 |
Volume: | 50 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.1 Articolo su rivista |