Scale and scope economies in Brazilian pension funds
This work identifies the existence of economies of scale and scope for the Brazilian complementary pension funds via quantitative tests on the administrative data base of the Ministry of Social Security. A literature review, a descriptive statistics of the data base, a theoretical model on the exist...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Economia Aplicada |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/106044 |
| Summary: | This work identifies the existence of economies of scale and scope for the Brazilian complementary pension funds via quantitative tests on the administrative data base of the Ministry of Social Security. A literature review, a descriptive statistics of the data base, a theoretical model on the existence of economies of scale in complementary pensions, the quantitative methods used, its results and the normative implications will be presented. Econometric results show that economies of scale on Brazilian complementary pensions are stronger than in the rest of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1413-8050 1980-5330 |