| dc.contributor.author | Balasuriya, Jiayi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gough, Orla | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vasileva, Kristina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-23T14:51:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-06-23T14:51:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-12 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Balasuriya , J , Gough , O & Vasileva , K 2014 , ' Do optimists plan for retirement? A behavioural explanation for non-participation in pension schemes ' , Economics Letters , vol. 125 , no. 3 , pp. 396-399 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.10.012 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0165-1765 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/16074 | |
| dc.description | Date of Acceptance: 08/10/2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates the relationship between financial optimism and non-participation in pension schemes in the UK. We show that financial optimism reduces the probability of employees joining employer run pension schemes and also the probability of the self-employed subscribing to private pension plans | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Economics Letters | |
| dc.title | Do optimists plan for retirement? : A behavioural explanation for non-participation in pension schemes | en |
| dc.contributor.institution | Hertfordshire Business School | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Organisation, Markets and Policy Research Group | |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.10.012 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
| herts.preservation.rarelyaccessed | true | |
