DALKILIÇ, Nilüfer Dumlupınar Üniversitesi - Uygulamalı Bilimler Yüksekokulu - Sigortacılık ve Risk Yönetimi Bölümü, Turkey

ASSESSMENT OF PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS IN THE OECD COUNTRIES

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The private pension funds that are formed in private retirement system have been making progress and growth in many of the OECD countries. The objective of this study is to make an assessment of pension funds (retirement funds) in the OECD countries and research to which countries OECD countries structurally resemble from the perspective of private pension funds. In this study hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering methods have been employed and the clusters identified with respect to the 2 methods have been compared and assessed. The study has reached the conclusions that in this study the USA and the Holland countries have ranked among in a single set separately and Turkey has always fallen within the same clusters together with Greece, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Italy, Korea, Slovenia countries.

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Private Retirement System , Private Pension Funds , Hierarchical Clustering Method , Non , Hierarchical Clustering Method , OECD Countries

Journal Of Financial Researches an‎d Studies

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