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Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
We compare the liquidity that six developed countries have built into their employer-based defined contribution (DC) retirement schemes. In Germany, Singapore, and the UK, withdrawals are essentially banned no matter what kind of transitory income shock the household... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Financial Liquidity; Retirement; Canada; Germany; Australia; United Kingdom; United States; Singapore
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 105, no. 5 (May 2015): 420–425.
- 14 Oct 2021
- News
Disney’s Alan Horn to Retire
Longtime Disney studio head Alan Horn (MBA 1971) announced this week that he is set to retire at the end of this year. Holding the official title chief creative officer of Disney Studios Content, his deep impact on the company was... View Details
- 07 Feb 2013
- News
Monopoly retires iconic iron piece
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Longtime Harvard Athletic Director Retires
Bob Scalise (MBA 1989), who has spent more than four decades working in various roles at Harvard, announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the calendar year. As noted by the Harvard Gazette, Scalise spent his last 19 years at the school as director of the... View Details
- March 1986
- Case
Episcopal Retirement Homes, Inc.
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Episcopal Retirement Homes, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 186-246, March 1986.
- 07 Nov 2020
- News
When No One Retires
- 03 Dec 2009
- News
Harvard business dean to retire
- Awards
Market Research Council Hall of Fame, Retired Practitioner Category
Elected into the Market Research Council Hall of Fame in the Retired Practitioner Category for "his contributions of outstanding and lasting value to the practice of Market Research." View Details
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Using Fresh Starts to Nudge Increased Retirement Savings
By: John Beshears, Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman and Shlomo Benartzi
We conducted a field experiment to study the effect of framing future moments in time as new beginnings (or “fresh starts”). University employees (N=6,082) received mailings with an opportunity to choose between increasing their contributions to a savings plan... View Details
Keywords: Choice Architecture; Randomized Field Experiment; Savings; New Beginning; Fresh Start; Saving; Retirement; Behavior
Beshears, John, Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman, and Shlomo Benartzi. "Using Fresh Starts to Nudge Increased Retirement Savings." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 167 (November 2021): 72–87.
- November 2021
- Article
The Effects of Retirement on Sense of Purpose in Life: Crisis or Opportunity?
By: Ayse Yemiscigil, Nattavudh Powdthavee and Ashley V. Whillans
Does retirement lead to an existential crisis or present an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose in life? Prior research has documented a negative association between retirement and sense of purpose in life, suggesting that retirement could lead people... View Details
Yemiscigil, Ayse, Nattavudh Powdthavee, and Ashley V. Whillans. "The Effects of Retirement on Sense of Purpose in Life: Crisis or Opportunity?" Psychological Science 32, no. 11 (November 2021): 1856–1864.
- Aug 2018
- Conference Presentation
Identity Bridging across the Retirement Transition
- Third Quarter 2006
- Article
Retirement Saving: Helping Employees Help Themselves
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Retirement Saving: Helping Employees Help Themselves." Milken Institute Review 8, no. 3 (Third Quarter 2006): 30–39.
- 22 Dec 2015
- News
Bain Capital Managing Director to Retire
- July 2013
- Teaching Note
Searching for a Retirement Plan
By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas Goodman
Keywords: Retirement
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
choice of non-pension assets or capital structure. In the late 1990s, as the focus of tax-deferred investing drifted away from defined benefit plans and toward individually managed retirement accounts, a number of people, including John... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- July 19, 2011
- Article
Retirement Challenges for Financial Advisers
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Retirement Challenges for Financial Advisers." Registered Rep (July 19, 2011).
- 1985
- Chapter
The Federal Civil Service Retirement System
By: Dutch Leonard
Leonard, Dutch. "The Federal Civil Service Retirement System." In Pensions, Labor and Individual Choice, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Pasricha on the Perils of Retirement
In a recent interview with WBUR, author Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) argues that retirement “is a terrible idea.” Inspired by anecdotal examples of people whose health failed shortly after retirement, Pasricha—author of the bestselling book... View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- News
Retirement planning must go beyond finances
- October 9, 2001
- Article
New Asset Retirement Obligation Standard Explained
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "New Asset Retirement Obligation Standard Explained." Accounting Bulletin, no. 101 (October 9, 2001).