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... price dynamics out of equilibrium, we follow the standardassumption that the sign of the price of each good changes in the oppositedirection to the sign of profits from sales of this good.The ... henceeach type of annuity is sold at a common price available to all potentialbuyers. In this kind of pooling equilibrium, the price of each type of annuity is equal to the average longevity of the ... description of themotivation for and the stipulations of these annuities from a textbookfor actuaries:These are usually effected to avoid the disappointment that is often felt inthe event of the...
... Efficiency of Equilibrium with Long-term AnnuitiesSuppose that annuities can be held by individuals for any length of timeand that their future stream of returns is fully specified at the time of purchase ... a surviving holder of the annuity.3A long-term annuity pays aflow of returns, specified in advance, over a certain period of timeor indefinitely. When the short-run returns of annuities’ depend ... survival function, the purchase or sale of a long-term annuity is equivalent to a sequence of purchases orsales of short-term annuities. However, upon the arrival of informationon and the differentiation...
... compounded out of any of the systems P, Q, . . . thenis A3M(P, Q, . . .).Proof. For every element of A is by (8) element of one of the systems P ,Q, . . . , consequently by (8) also element of M(P, ... .)The proof follows from (13), (10).15. Theorem. If each of the systems P , Q, . . . is part of one of the systemsA, B, C, . . . , and if each of the latter is compounded out of any of the former,then ... g be common element of A, B,C, . . . therefore also element of G; hence every element of G(A, B, C, . . .) istransform of an element g of G, therefore element of G, i. e., G(A,...
... a surviving holder of the annuity.3A long-term annuity pays aflow of returns, specified in advance, over a certain period of timeor indefinitely. When the short-run returns of annuities’ depend ... survival function, the purchase or sale of a long-term annuity is equivalent to a sequence of purchases orsales of short-term annuities. However, upon the arrival of informationon and the differentiation ... arrival of risk-classinformation yield a predetermined flow of returns which, in equilibrium,reflect the expected relative weight of different risk classes in thepopulation.Because of their...
... purchase of a smaller amount of annuities early in lifebecause of overly pessimistic beliefs about survival probabilities (a form of short-sightedness). It may provide one explanation of the observedsmall ... decreasing the marginal utility of consumption and hence thevalue of this postponement. Which of these opposite effects dominatesdepends on whether the elasticity of the marginal utility is larger ... is a positive rate of interest on assets, the competitive rate of return on annuities is equal to the rate of interest plus the hazard rate.The reason is obvious: The issuers of annuities can...
... costs of firms, as well as consumerpreferences. This is typical in the field of insurance. Expected costs of medical insurance, for example, depend on the health characteristics of the insured. Of ... longevities of individuals. Consequently, annuitiesare offered at the same price to all potential buyers, leading to apooling equilibrium. In contrast, the setting for the standard theory of optimum ... + R. (14.17)The problemof optimum commodity taxation can now be stated: Thegovernment wishes to raise a given amount, T, of tax revenue,tˆx(ˆq) = T,(14.18)by means of unit taxes, t...
... includes a derivation of theequilibrium rate of return on annuities purchased prior to the realization of heterogeneous risk classes.Chapter 9 analyzes the characteristics of a pooling equilibrium, ... question of the functioning of acompetitive annuity market. It is hoped that, this analysis can provide anunderpinning for better SS reform designs.1.1 Brief Outline of the BookThe purpose of chapter ... or “higherlongevity,” using the concepts of stochastic dominance developed in the theory of finance. In particular, it describes the possible effects of changesin longevity on survival probabilities...
... economics of incomplete information. QuarterlyJournal of Economics 90: 624–649.Salanie, B. 2000. Microeconomics of Market Failure. Cambridge, MA: MITPress.Salanie, B. 2003. The Economics of Taxation. ... bequests and, 82;bundling and, 131; defined, 67;empirical importance of, 67; generalmodel for, 69–71; proof of, 76; rate of return and, 71; refundable annuities and,144–49; risk class and, ... not to leave: The distribution of bequest motives, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No.11767.Kotlikoff, L., and L. Summers. 1981. The role of intergenerational transfers...
... Article Problem Solvingof Low Data Throughput on Mobile Devices byArtefacts PrebufferingOndrej KrejcarDepartment of Measurement and Control, Centre for Applied Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical ... with a problemof low data throughput on wirelessly connected mobile devices and a possibility to solve this problem by prebuffering of selected artefacts. The basics are in determining the problem ... are firsttransferred to cache (use of Microsoft explorer or Operabrowser) which is relatively slow. The use of an SD card couldspeed up the transfer.The other problem particularly for large data...
... -Qi of mass m travels in a circular orbit of radius R about a charge of opposite sign Q2.Q2(a) What is the equilibrium angular speed of the charge-Qi?(b) This problem ... carried integer multiples of negative charge e -1.6 x 10-coul.4. Two small conducting balls, each of mass m, are at the end of insulating strings of length I joined at ... model of the atom if the charge -Q1 is that of an electron and Q2 = Zeis the nuclear charge, where Z is the number of protons.According to the postulates of quantum...
... front of ,p results because of the minus signrelating the volume polarization charge density to the diver-gence of P.To summarize, polarization charge is the source of ... electric field due to a uniformly polarized cylinder of length L isthe same as for two disks of surface charge of opposite polarity + Po at z = L/2. (b) Theperpendicular ... of P and EEBy integrating the flux of polarization over the same Gaus-sian pillbox surface, shown in Figure 3-12b, we relate thediscontinuity in normal component of...