James Poterba

Papers and Presentations

Slides from Clarendon Lectures, Oxford 2012
Lecture 1: Population Aging and the Evolving Nature of Public Pension Systems
Lecture 2: Public Policy, Personal Saving, and Retirement Security
Lecture 3: Longevity Risk, Annuity Markets, and "Decumulation" of Retirement Wealth

Were They Prepared for Retirement? Financial Status at Advanced Ages in the HRS and AHEAD Cohorts
James Poterba, Steven Venti, and David A. Wise
May 2011

The Drawdown of Personal Retirement Assets
James Poterba, Steven Venti, and David Wise
December 2010

The Asset Cost of Poor Health
James Poterba, Steven Venti, and David Wise
August, 2010

Family Status Transitions, Latent Health, and the Post-Retirement Evolution of Assets
James Poterba, Steven Venti, and David Wise
February 2010

Slides from 2008 Plenary Lecture to Society of Economic Dynamics on "Retirement Saving, Annuity Markets, and Lifecycle Saving."
July 2008

Taxes and Mutual Fund Inflows around Distribution Dates
Woodrow Johnson and James Poterba
March 2008

Testing for Asymmetric Information Using Unused Observables in Insurance Markets: Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market
James Poterba and Amy Finkelstein
January 2008

Data Appendix for "Taxation and Corporate Payout Policy"
James Poterba
May 2004, American Economic Review, May 2004.