Individual Financial Planning for Retirement : Empirical Insights from the Affluent Segment in Germany

Frame of reference and conceptual approach for the analysis of individual retirement-specific financial planning behavior.- Fundamentals of the retirement system in Germany.- Retirement-specific behavioral finance and derivation of benchmark behavior for FP actions.- Investor retirement survey and outlook on empirical analyses about individual retirement-specific FPB.- Empirical analyses of individual retirement-specific FPB.- Review of empirical research and identification of suggestions for policy-makers, financial planners and the individual.- Conclusion.