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(EEA).
(PBGC). ''US Pensions''. 
An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds. 


The European Economic Association was established in 1985 to promote the development of economic science throughout Europe.
The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.
 
Its aims include:
 
*Contributing to the development and application of economics as a science in Europe.
*Improving communication and exchange between teachers, researchers and students in economics in different European countries.
*Developing and sponsoring co-operation between teaching institutions and research institutions in Europe.
 
 
It is headquartered in Belgium.


The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Digital public money]]
* [[Pension Protection Fund]]
* [[Economics]]
* [[European Economic Area]]  (EEA)
* [[European Free Trade Association]]
 
 
==External link==
*[https://www.eeassoc.org/about European Economic Association - about us]
 
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Revision as of 13:57, 6 May 2013

(PBGC). US Pensions. An organisation set up by the US government to take over the assets and liabilities of insolvent pension funds and to provide limited guarantees as to the payment of pensions by those funds.

The PBGC has wide powers to investigate US pension schemes and their sponsoring companies.

The equivalent in the UK is the Pension Protection Fund.

See also