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James Naughton

Associate Professor of Business Administration

Naughton is an expert in pensions, disclosure, financial regulation and government accounting. He examines how financial, legal and regulatory institutions shape financial disclosure and economic choices, such as with defined benefit pension plans.

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Underfunded Pensions: 5 Big Questions Revealing Why Everyone Should Care

Darden Professor James Naughton calls the situation facing multiemployer pensions — plans in which workers from various employers pay into a single plan — a disaster, largely due to a combination of inadequate funding and risky investing. The impact of the chronic underfunding could be far-reaching.