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Better to Limit Number of Vendors in 457/403(b) Plans
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[Opinion]
June 30, 2003
Excerpt: Researchers at Columbia University have found that choice overload in retirement plans leads to less participation. Their key findings: 'after controlling for the employer match, participant demographics, and other variables, the probability that an employee will join a savings plan decreases modestly as the number of options increases.' More precisely the researchers report: Every additional 10 investment choices on average reduces predicted participation rates by 2 percent.

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