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Managing Uncertainty: The Search for a Golden Discount-Rate Rule for Defined-Benefit Pensions
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| Citation | . 2019. Managing Uncertainty: The Search for a Golden Discount-Rate Rule for Defined-Benefit Pensions. ###. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. |
| Page Title: | Managing Uncertainty: The Search for a Golden Discount-Rate Rule for Defined-Benefit Pensions – C.D. Howe Institute |
| Article Title: | Managing Uncertainty: The Search for a Golden Discount-Rate Rule for Defined-Benefit Pensions |
| URL: | https://cdhowe.org/publication/managing-uncertainty-search-golden-discount-rate-rule-defined-benefit-pensions/ |
| Published Date: | January 31, 2019 |
| Accessed Date: | April 23, 2026 |
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Public-Sector pensions are using risky projections to calculate their future liabilities, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Managing Uncertainty: The Search for a Golden Discount-Rate Rule for Defined-Benefit Pensions,” authors Stuart Landon and Constance Smith find that many pension plans use high discount rates that increase the risk they will have insufficient assets to meet their future obligations.
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