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Managing uncertainty: The search for a golden discount-rate rule for defined-benefit pensions
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Landon, Stuart, Smith, Constance E.
This Commentary examines how the choice of a pension plan discount rate affects the tradeoff between the risk of holding insufficient assets to pay promised benefits and the cost of acquiring more assets. The choice of discount rate can have a dramatic effect on the value of a plan’s liabilities...
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