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Jeffrey R. Brown

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1.

Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry

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Citation 120

Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry

KSG Working Paper No. 00-007
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Dec 2000
Jeffrey R. Brown and Austan Goolsbee
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 826 (22,180)
Citation 120

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Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive?

NBER Working Paper No. w7996
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Nov 2000
Jeffrey R. Brown and Austan Goolsbee
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 95 (229,488)
Citation 120

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Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 110, June 2002
Posted: 17 Jul 2002
Jeffrey R. Brown and Austan Goolsbee
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Annuities and Individual Welfare

Downloads 576 ( 37,165)
Citation 69

Annuities and Individual Welfare

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 03-15, CRR Working Paper No. 2003-11, AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Dec 2004
Thomas Davidoff, Jeffrey R. Brown and Peter A. Diamond
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 518 (42,061)
Citation 69

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Annuities, annuitization, Social Security, pensions, longevity risk, insurance, standard-of-living, habit

Annuities and Individual Welfare

NBER Working Paper No. w9714
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 May 2003
Thomas Davidoff, Jeffrey R. Brown and Peter A. Diamond
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 58 (306,962)
Citation 69

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Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut

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Citation 49

Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut

AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper, FEDS Working Paper No. 2006-14
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown, Nellie Liang and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Federal Reserve Board and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 466 (48,145)
Citation 49

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Payout policy, Dividends, Share Repurchases, Executive Ownership

Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut

NBER Working Paper No. w11002
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Jul 2006
Jeffrey R. Brown, Nellie Liang and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Federal Reserve Board and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Citation 49

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Individual Account Investment Options and Portfolio Choice: Behavioral Lessons from 401(k) Plans

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Citation 22

Individual Account Investment Options and Portfolio Choice: Behavioral Lessons from 401(k) Plans

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 320 (75,687)
Citation 22

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Pension, Social Security, portfolio, 401(k), inertia

Individual Account Investment Options and Portfolio Choice: Behavioral Lessons from 401(K) Plans

NBER Working Paper No. w13169
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Jun 2007
Jeffrey R. Brown, Nellie Liang and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Federal Reserve Board and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Citation 22

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An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impact of Federal Terrorism Reinsurance

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Citation 23

An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impact of Federal Terrorism Reinsurance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Mar 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown, J David Cummins, Christopher M. Lewis and Ran Wei
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, The Hartford and University of Pennsylvania - Insurance & Risk Management Department
Downloads 360 (65,921)
Citation 23

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Terrorism, insurance, reinsurance, event study

An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impact of Federal Terrorism Reinsurance

NBER Working Paper No. w10388
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Apr 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown, J David Cummins, Christopher M. Lewis and Ran Wei
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Temple University - Risk Management & Insurance & Actuarial Science, The Hartford and University of Pennsylvania - Insurance & Risk Management Department
Downloads 43 (352,544)
Citation 23

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Household Demand for Variable Annuities

Boston College, Center for Retirement Research Working Paper No. 2004-08
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 May 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown and James M. Poterba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 319 (72,602)
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401(k) Matching Contributions in Company Stock: Costs and Benefits for Firms and Workers

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Citation 14

401(k) Matching Contributions in Company Stock: Costs and Benefits for Firms and Workers

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Mar 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown, Nellie Liang and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Federal Reserve Board and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 192 (129,403)
Citation 14

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Pension, 401(k) plan, ESOP, company stock, match policy

401(K) Matching Contributions in Company Stock: Costs and Benefits for Firms and Workers

NBER Working Paper No. w10419
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Apr 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown, Nellie Liang and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Federal Reserve Board and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 84 (248,748)
Citation 14

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The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market

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Citation 36

The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown and Amy Finkelstein
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 179 (138,252)
Citation 36

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Crowd-Out, Implicit Tax, Long-Term Care Insurance, Medicaid, Nursing Home

The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market

NBER Working Paper No. w10989
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 18 Jan 2005
Jeffrey R. Brown and Amy Finkelstein
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 88 (241,436)
Citation 36

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The Geography of Stock Market Participation: The Influence of Communities and Local Firms

Downloads 250 ( 99,920)
Citation 3

The Geography of Stock Market Participation: The Influence of Communities and Local Firms

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Dec 2003
Paul A. Smith, Jeffrey R. Brown, Zoran Ivkovich and Scott J. Weisbenner
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Michigan State University, Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 214 (116,571)
Citation 3

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Stock Market Participation, Neighborhood Effects, Peer Effects, Locality, Social Interaction

The Geography of Stock Market Participation: The Influence of Communities and Local Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w10235
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Jan 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown, Paul A. Smith, Zoran Ivkovich and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Michigan State University, Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 36 (377,904)
Citation 3

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Differential Mortality and the Value of Individual Account Retirement Annuities

Downloads 187 (132,843)
Citation 18

Differential Mortality and the Value of Individual Account Retirement Annuities

KSG Working Paper
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Dec 2000
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 156 (156,254)
Citation 18

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Differential Mortality and the Value of Individual Account Retirement Annuities

NBER Working Paper No. w7560
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 May 2000
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Citation 18

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Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation

Downloads 184 (134,930)
Citation 48

Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Mar 2007
Paul A. Smith, Jeffrey R. Brown, Zoran Ivkovich and Scott J. Weisbenner
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Michigan State University, Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 153 (158,956)
Citation 48

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community effects, stock ownership

Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation

NBER Working Paper No. w13168
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Jun 2007
Paul A. Smith, Jeffrey R. Brown, Zoran Ivkovich and Scott J. Weisbenner
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Michigan State University, Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 31 (398,644)
Citation 48

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Rational and Behavioral Perspectives on the Role of Annuities in Retirement Planning

NBER Working Paper No. w13537
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Oct 2007
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 161 (144,884)
Citation 21

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Neighbors Matter: The Geography of Stock Market Participation

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Feb 2005
Jeffrey R. Brown, Paul A. Smith, Zoran Ivkovich and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Michigan State University, Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 155 (142,619)
Citation 1

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community effect, peer effect, stock market participation

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Who Values the Social Security Annuity? New Evidence on the Annuity Puzzle

NBER Working Paper No. W13800
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Feb 2008
Jeffrey R. Brown, Marcus D. Casey and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 153 (150,322)
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Alternative Methods of Price Indexing Social Security: Implications for Benefits and System Financing

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Citation 7

Alternative Methods of Price Indexing Social Security: Implications for Benefits and System Financing

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 May 2005
Andrew G. Biggs, Jeffrey R. Brown and Glenn Springstead
American Enterprise Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Social Security Administration
Downloads 98 (224,659)
Citation 7

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Social Security reform, public pensions, solvency

Alternative Methods of Price Indexing Social Security: Implications for Benefits and System Financing

NBER Working Paper No. w11406
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jul 2005
Andrew G. Biggs, Jeffrey R. Brown and Glenn Springstead
American Enterprise Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Social Security Administration
Downloads 33 (390,033)
Citation 7

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Cognitive Constraints on Valuing Annuities

Pension Research Council WP 2014-21
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 13 Nov 2014
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 124 (162,455)

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annuity, retirement income, Social Security, financial literacy, cognition

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Mortality Risk, Inflation Risk, and Annuity Products

NBER Working Paper No. w7812
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jul 2000
Jeffrey R. Brown, Olivia S. Mitchell and James M. Poterba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 123 (180,304)
Citation 16

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Is Social Security Part of the Social Safety Net?

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Citation 1

Is Social Security Part of the Social Safety Net?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2610
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Apr 2009
Jeffrey R. Brown, Julia Lynn Coronado and Don Fullerton
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Barclays Capital and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 100 (221,568)
Citation 1

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Is Social Security Part of the Social Safety Net?

NBER Working Paper No. w15070
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jun 2009
Jeffrey R. Brown, Julia Lynn Coronado and Don Fullerton
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Graham Capital Management and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 17 (473,902)
Citation 1

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Complexity as a Barrier to Annuitization: Do Consumers Know How to Value Annuities?

Pension Research Council WP 2013-01
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Apr 2013
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 116 (178,095)
Citation 5

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The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Retirement

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Citation 8

The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Retirement

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Jul 2006
Jeffrey R. Brown, Courtney Coile and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Wellesley College and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 78 (260,341)
Citation 8

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Retirement, inheritance, labor supply, wealth, wealth effect, bequest

The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Retirement

NBER Working Paper No. w12386
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Aug 2006
Jeffrey R. Brown, Courtney Coile and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Wellesley College and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 33 (390,033)
Citation 8

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Decision Complexity as a Barrier to Annuitization

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Decision Complexity as a Barrier to Annuitization

CESR Working Paper No. 2013-004
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Oct 2013
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 50 (330,150)

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Annuities, Consumer Behavior

Decision Complexity as a Barrier to Annuitization

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 06/2013-058
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Nov 2013
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 47 (339,471)

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Cognitive Constraints on Valuing Annuities

NBER Working Paper No. w19168
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Jun 2013
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn, Erzo F. P. Luttmer and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 8 (524,829)

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Longevity-Insured Retirement Distributions from Pension Plans: Market and Regulatory Issues

NBER Working Paper No. w8064
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Jan 2001
Jeffrey R. Brown and Mark J. Warshawsky
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Towers Watson
Downloads 103 (215,732)
Citation 25

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Household Ownership of Variable Annuities

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Citation 4

Household Ownership of Variable Annuities

NBER Working Paper No. w11964
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jan 2006
Jeffrey R. Brown and James M. Poterba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 62 (296,594)
Citation 4

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Household Ownership of Variable Annuities

NBER Working Paper No. w11964
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Aug 2011
Jeffrey R. Brown and James M. Poterba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 19 (462,374)
Citation 4

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Household Ownership of Variable Annuities

NBER Working Paper No. w11964
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Sep 2011
Jeffrey R. Brown and James M. Poterba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 17 (473,902)
Citation 4

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Supply or Demand: Why is the Market for Long-Term Care Insurance so Small?

NBER Working Paper No. w10782
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Sep 2004
Jeffrey R. Brown and Amy Finkelstein
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 97 (210,011)
Citation 11

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Taxing Retirement Income: Nonqualified Annuities and Distributions from Qualified Accounts

NBER Working Paper No. w7268
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Mar 2000
Jeffrey R. Brown, Olivia S. Mitchell, James M. Poterba and Mark J. Warshawsky
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Towers Watson
Downloads 95 (167,172)
Citation 12

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How University Endowments Respond to Financial Market Shocks: Evidence and Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w15861
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Apr 2010
Jeffrey R. Brown, Stephen G. Dimmock, Jun-Koo Kang and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Nanyang Technological University - Division of Finance, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Nanyang Business School and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 82 (223,267)
Citation 5

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Framing Effects and Expected Social Security Claiming Behavior

Downloads 80 (254,171)
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Framing Effects and Expected Social Security Claiming Behavior

RAND Working Paper Series WR-854
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 May 2011
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 58 (306,962)
Citation 2

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Framing Effects and Expected Social Security Claiming Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w17018
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 May 2011
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 22 (444,953)
Citation 2

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Risk and Returns to Education

Downloads 79 (256,101)

Risk and Returns to Education

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Nov 2012
Jeffrey R. Brown, Chichun Fang and Francisco Gomes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and London Business School
Downloads 65 (289,278)

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Human Capital, Returns to Education

Risk and Returns to Education

NBER Working Paper No. w18300
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Jeffrey R. Brown, Chichun Fang and Francisco Gomes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and London Business School
Downloads 14 (491,250)

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Opportunities for Improving Pension Wealth Decumulation in the Netherlands

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 01/2011-008
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Mar 2011
Jeffrey R. Brown and Theo Nijman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Tilburg University - Center and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads 79 (224,789)

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Top Ten Myths of Social Security Reform

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Jun 2008
Jeffrey R. Brown, Kevin A. Hassett and Kent A. Smetters
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department
Downloads 79 (241,245)
Citation 2

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Why Don't People Insure Late Life Consumption: A Framing Explanation of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle

NBER Working Paper No. w13748
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Jan 2008
Jeffrey R. Brown, Jeffrey R. Kling, Sendhil Mullainathan and Marian Wrobel
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Downloads 77 (259,941)
Citation 25

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Framing Lifetime Income

NBER Working Paper No. w19063
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 May 2013
Jeffrey R. Brown, Jeffrey R. Kling, Sendhil Mullainathan and Marian Wrobel
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Downloads 76 (252,234)

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The Economics of State and Local Public Pensions

NBER Working Paper No. w16792
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Jeffrey R. Brown, Robert L. Clark and Joshua D. Rauh
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 72 (241,245)
Citation 2

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The Role of Real Annuities and Indexed Bonds in an Individual Accounts Retirement Program

NBER Working Paper No. w7005
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Mar 1999
Jeffrey R. Brown, Olivia S. Mitchell and James M. Poterba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 68 (259,941)
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Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance

Downloads 65 (285,830)
Citation 7

Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w9271
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Oct 2002
Jeffrey R. Brown, Randall S. Kroszner and Brian H. Jenn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 65 (289,278)
Citation 7

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Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance

National Tax Journal, Vol. 55, No. 3, September 2002
Posted: 24 Mar 2003
Jeffrey R. Brown, Randall S. Kroszner and Brian H. Jenn
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and Yale University - Law School

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Joint Life Annuities and Annuity Demand by Married Couples

NBER Working Paper No. w7199
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Jul 1999
Jeffrey R. Brown and James M. Poterba
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 62 (270,353)
Citation 54

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Private Pensions, Mortality Risk, and the Decision to Annuitize

NBER Working Paper No. w7191
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Feb 2000
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 58 (279,047)
Citation 51

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Guaranteed Trouble: The Economic Effects of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

NBER Working Paper No. w13438
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Sep 2007
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 55 (305,409)
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The In-State Equity Bias of State Pension Plans

Downloads 53 (316,198)

The In-State Equity Bias of State Pension Plans

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Mar 2015
Jeffrey R. Brown, Joshua Matthew Pollet and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 44 (349,200)

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Public Pensions, Portfolio Choice, Local Bias, Campaign Contributions

The In-State Equity Bias of State Pension Plans

NBER Working Paper No. w21020
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Mar 2015
Jeffrey R. Brown, Joshua Matthew Pollet and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 9 (519,471)

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Who Chooses Defined Contribution Plans?

NBER Working Paper No. w12842
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Jan 2007
Jeffrey R. Brown and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 53 (316,198)
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A Review of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pension Insurance Modeling System

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 25 Sep 2013
Jeffrey R. Brown, Douglas Elliott, Tracy Gordon and Ross A. Hammond
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Brookings Institution, Brookings Institution and Brookings Institution - Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
Downloads 50 (288,166)

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PBGC, PIMS, pension insurance, defined benefit plans, multiemployer plans

42.

Medicaid Crowd-Out of Private Long-Term Care Insurance Demand: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey

NBER Working Paper No. w12536
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Sep 2006
Jeffrey R. Brown, Norma B. Coe and Amy Finkelstein
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Washington - Department of Health Services and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 50 (324,874)
Citation 5

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43.

Is a Bird in Hand Worth More than a Bird in the Bush? Intergenerational Transfers and Savings Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w8753
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Feb 2002
Jeffrey R. Brown and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 37 (327,794)
Citation 5

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44.

Are the Elderly Really Over-Annuitized? New Evidence on Life Insurance and Bequests

NBER Working Paper No. w7193
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Jul 1999
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 37 (339,777)
Citation 19

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45.

Insuring Long Term Care in the Us

NBER Working Paper No. w17451
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Sep 2011
Jeffrey R. Brown and Amy Finkelstein
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
Downloads 30 (349,324)
Citation 3

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46.

Decision-Making Approaches and the Propensity to Default: Evidence and Implications

Downloads 29 (397,442)

Decision-Making Approaches and the Propensity to Default: Evidence and Implications

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2015
Jeffrey R. Brown, Anne M. Farrell and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Miami University Farmer School of Business - Department of Accountancy and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 26 (422,812)

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Default options, automatic enrollment, pensions, decision making

Decision-Making Approaches and the Propensity to Default: Evidence and Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w20949
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Jeffrey R. Brown, Anne M. Farrell and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Miami University Farmer School of Business - Department of Accountancy and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 3 (550,501)

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47.

Redistribution and Insurance: Mandatory Annuitization with Mortality Heterogeneity

Downloads 27 (406,370)
Citation 25

Redistribution and Insurance: Mandatory Annuitization with Mortality Heterogeneity

NBER Working Paper No. w9256
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Oct 2002
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 27 (417,592)
Citation 25

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Redistribution and Insurance: Mandatory Annuitization with Mortality Heterogeneity

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2001
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance

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48.

The Political Economy of Government-Issued Longevity Bonds

Journal of Risk & Insurance, Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. 611-631, December 2006
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Nov 2006
Jeffrey R. Brown and Peter R. Orszag
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Lazard Asset Management
Downloads 19 (441,361)
Citation 12

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49.

Discounting Pension Liabilities: Funding Versus Value

NBER Working Paper No. w21276
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Jun 2015
Jeffrey R. Brown and George Pennacchi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois
Downloads 17 (425,888)

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50.

Redistribution and Insurance: Mandatory Annuitizaton With Mortality Heterogeneity

Journal of Risk & Insurance, Vol. 70, pp. 17-41, March 2003
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Mar 2003
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 15 (462,033)
Citation 23

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51.

The Supply of and Demand for Charitable Donations to Higher Education

NBER Working Paper No. w18389
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Sep 2012
Jeffrey R. Brown, Stephen G. Dimmock and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Nanyang Technological University - Division of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 12 (436,158)
Citation 1

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52.

Illinois Pensions in a Fiscal Context: A (Basket) Case Study

NBER Working Paper No. w21293
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Jun 2015
Jeffrey R. Brown and Richard F. Dye
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 7 (487,827)

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53.

Do Required Minimum Distributions Matter? The Effect of the 2009 Holiday on Retirement Plan Distributions

NBER Working Paper No. w20464
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Sep 2014
Jeffrey R. Brown, James M. Poterba and David P. Richardson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and TIAA-CREF Institute
Downloads 5 (511,631)

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54.

Empirical Determinants of Intertemporal Choice

NBER Working Paper No. w18755
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Feb 2013
Jeffrey R. Brown, Zoran Ivkovich and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Michigan State University, Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 5 (492,809)

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55.

Risk and Returns to Education Over Time

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10416
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Feb 2015
Jeffrey R. Brown, Chichun Fang and Francisco Gomes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and London Business School
Downloads 4 (520,314)

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human capital, idiosyncratic earnings risk, life-cycle models

56.

The Distributional Effects of the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision

NBER Working Paper No. w18342
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Aug 2012
Jeffrey R. Brown and Scott J. Weisbenner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 2 (502,511)
Citation 1

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57.

All the President's Friends: Political Access and Firm Value

NBER Working Paper No. w23356
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 May 2017
Jeffrey R. Brown and Jiekun Huang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 0 (397,442)

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58.

Heterogeneity in State‐Dependent Utility: Evidence from Strategic Surveys

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 847-861, 2016
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Feb 2016
Jeffrey R. Brown, Gopi Shah Goda and Kathleen M. McGarry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Stanford University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
Downloads 0 (553,501)

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59.

Framing and Claiming: How Information‐Framing Affects Expected Social Security Claiming Behavior

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 83, Issue 1, pp. 139-162, 2016
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Feb 2016
Jeffrey R. Brown, Arie Kapteyn and Olivia S. Mitchell
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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60.

Income as the Outcome: How to Broaden the Narrow Framing of U.S. Retirement Policy

Risk Management and Insurance Review, Vol. 17, Issue 1, pp. 7-16, 2014
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 Mar 2014
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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