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Dynamic Programming Approach to Pension Funding: the Case of Incomplete State Information

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

S. Haberman  and
Joo-Ho Sung
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Abstract

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Haberman and Sung (1994) have presented a dynamic model for a defined benefit occupational pension scheme which considered two types of risk: the “contribution rate” and the “solvency” risk. The current paper, extends this work by deriving optimal funding control procedures for determining the contribution rate for the case of a stochastic model with incomplete state information, making use of the separation principle. The stochastic inputs modelled are the investment returns and the benefit outgo.

Keywords

Pension fundingdynamic programmingstochastic controlseparation principle

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Workshop
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ASTIN Bulletin: The Journal of the IAA , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , May 2002 , pp. 129 - 142
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Copyright © International Actuarial Association 2002

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