 The percentage of workers confident about having enough money for a comfortable retirement is essentially unchanged from the record lows observed in 2011. While more than half express some level of confidence (13 percent are very confident and 38 percent are somewhat confident), 28 percent are not at all confident (up from 23 percent in 2012 but statistically equivalent to 27 percent in 2011)...

Proof. The proof will show that any strategy that results in both spouses going to the bank cannot be optimal. Note that if the second mover saves in account a, she will always save so that u′ (c1) = RaδBu (c2) (and must therefore only be saving at interest rate Ra). Now consider the options of the first mover. First suppose the second mover only deposits savings in the joint account. Then the ...

We ask how the potential benefits from cross-border asset trade are affected by the presence of non-traded income risk in incomplete markets. We show that the mean consumption growth may be lower with full integration than in financial autarky. This can occur because: the hedging demand for risky high-return projects may fall as the investment opportunity set increases, and precautionary saving...

This paper examines the effects of financial reporting on corporate innovation. After controlling for other determinants of corporate innovation, I find that firms with higher-quality financial reporting exhibit greater innovation. I show that the relation between financial reporting quality and innovation is more pronounced for firms that have greater growth opportunities, those that operate i...

_______________________________________ * We are very grateful to Patrick Honohan for his suggestions.

this paper examines the effects of corporate governance (board structure and ownership structure) and some financial variables on financial statement restatements. for this purpose, citing firms have been divided into two groups: a group comprising firms (48 firms) that have maximum amount of the annual adjustment (more than 5% of ebit) and a group (control group; 46 firms) comprising firms tha...