Individual Accounts: What Rate of Return Would They Earn?

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It has been proposed to add individual accounts to Social Security in which investors could hold private securities. Calculations that project the earnings of individual accounts typically presume that they will earn a rate of return equal or close to the historical rate of return. But is there evidence that future rates of return will differ from history in predictable ways?

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Cashell, Brian W. & Labonte, Marc July 25, 2005.

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It has been proposed to add individual accounts to Social Security in which
investors could hold private securities. Calculations that project the earnings of
individual accounts typically presume that they will earn a rate of return equal or
close to the historical rate of return. But is there evidence that future rates of return
will differ from history in predictable ways?

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33 p.

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Cashell, Brian W. & Labonte, Marc. Individual Accounts: What Rate of Return Would They Earn?, report, July 25, 2005; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7296/: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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