This dissertation is a collection of three chapters all pertaining to institutional economics. In short, the field of institutional economics is an outgrowth of public economics, in the sense that in many cases the key institutions that frame economic decisionmaking are the prod…
Despite many studies of the pension systems in developed countries, little work has been done on how to apply a sustainable pension system in developing countries. The set-ups of pension systems in developed versus developing countries are expected to be different because in dev…
This review provides policy recommendations on how to improve the Portuguese pension system, building on the OECD's best practices in pension design. It details the Portuguese pension system and identifies its strengths and weaknesses based on cross-country comparisons. The Port…
