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dc.contributor.authorRamsden, Alma-
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-22T09:55:55Z-
dc.date.available2021-07-22T09:55:55Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22820-
dc.description.abstractA severe macroeconomic downturn influences individual choices through its impact on their economic situation. However, a deep recession might change individuals’ behavior even in the absence of direct exposure to this crisis as it effects their risk perception. We use annuitization decisions observed during the 2007-2008 financial and economic crisis to investigate this indirect channel. As annuities provide insurance against the financial consequences of longevity, individuals who are more aware of financial risks can be expected to annuitize a larger fraction of their pension wealth than their less-aware peers. While the Great Recession had differential effects on economic sectors in Switzerland, it left pension wealth of workers insured by the same large Swiss pension provider unchanged due to stringent regulation. Nonetheless, a difference-in-difference estimation uncovers that individuals working in crisis-prone export-oriented sectors prior to retirement displayed a significantly larger increase in the propensity to annuitize pension wealth than their peers from non-export sectors. In the absence of direct financial consequences, these choices are consistent with behavioral effects through changes in risk perception.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectAnnuitizationde_CH
dc.subjectMacroeconomic shockde_CH
dc.subjectOccupational pensionde_CH
dc.subjectRisk percpetionde_CH
dc.subject.ddc330: Wirtschaftde_CH
dc.titleHow major crises affect individual behavior : evidence from retirement cash-out choices during the Great Recession in Switzerlandde_CH
dc.typeKonferenz: Paperde_CH
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zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Verwaltungs-Management (IVM)de_CH
zhaw.conference.details21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (online), 16-18 June 2021de_CH
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zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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Ramsden, A. (2021). How major crises affect individual behavior : evidence from retirement cash-out choices during the Great Recession in Switzerland. 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (Online), 16-18 June 2021.
Ramsden, A. (2021) ‘How major crises affect individual behavior : evidence from retirement cash-out choices during the Great Recession in Switzerland’, in 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (online), 16-18 June 2021.
A. Ramsden, “How major crises affect individual behavior : evidence from retirement cash-out choices during the Great Recession in Switzerland,” in 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (online), 16-18 June 2021, 2021.
RAMSDEN, Alma, 2021. How major crises affect individual behavior : evidence from retirement cash-out choices during the Great Recession in Switzerland. In: 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (online), 16-18 June 2021. Conference paper. 2021
Ramsden, Alma. 2021. “How Major Crises Affect Individual Behavior : Evidence from Retirement Cash-out Choices during the Great Recession in Switzerland.” Conference paper. In 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (Online), 16-18 June 2021.
Ramsden, Alma. “How Major Crises Affect Individual Behavior : Evidence from Retirement Cash-out Choices during the Great Recession in Switzerland.” 21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (Online), 16-18 June 2021, 2021.


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