Tag: Survivor’s Improvement Act of 2001

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An Assessment of the 2001 Reform of the Railroad Retirement Program

Working Paper by

June 11, 2013

Abstract The primary concern of Congress in enacting the Railroad Retirement and Survivor’s Improvement Act of 2001 was the risk of political influence on investment decisions.  A secondary concern was the financial performance of the redesigned program.  The experience to date supports the notion that reforms created an exemplary manager of public pension assets, fr…