title: Public pensions.  The role of public choice and expectations.
abstract: "In this paper the public-choice approach to explaining the evolution of public pension schemes [in developed countries] is surveyed. Emphasis is laid on the relation between expectations on future political decisions and future demographic and economic developments, on the one hand, and current political and economic decisions, on the other hand."
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verbon
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D009826:Old Age Assistance; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Behavior; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Old Age Security; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics