@article{427787, note = {Description based on print version record.}, author = {Clark, R. and Craig, Lee A. and Sabelhaus, John Edward.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/427787}, title = {State and local retirement plans in the United States [electronic resource] /}, publisher = {Edward Elgar,}, abstract = {State and Local Retirement Plans in the United States explains how economic and political events have shaped the development of pension plans in the last century, and it argues that changes in the structure and generosity of these plans will continue to shape policy and funding in the future. It also brings to bear a new rationale to the policies behind public sector pension plans. The authors use the history of how early public pension plans were established, how they matured and how they have grown in generosity to analyse what changes may be expected in years to come.}, recid = {427787}, pages = {1 online resource (xi, 230 p.) :}, address = {Cheltenham, UK ;}, year = {2011}, }