World savings : an international survey

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World savings : an international survey

edited by Arnold Heertje ; introduction by Nobel Laureate, Franco Modigliani

Blackwell, 1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

World Savings is the first book to analyze both theoretically and empirically the imbalance in worldwide savings rates. Why is the savings rate in Japan so much higher than in the US? For what reasons does savings behaviour in Europe fall between these two extremes? These basic questions are tackled by experts from throughout the world in a series of wide-ranging surveys. Following an introduction by Nobel Laureate F. Modigliani, the theoretical background is provided at the macroeconomic level by W.H. Buiter and at the microeconomic level by B. Kauffmann. The empirical insights are presented by L. Lau for the United States, Ch. Horioka for Japan, J.-P Fitoussi for Europe and B. Ickes for Eastern Europe. The concluding chapters analyze the relevant taxation issues and offer an outline of a worldwide savings policy. The book will be essential reading for policy makers and professional economists working in macroeconomics, monetary economics and public finance. World Savings is published in association with the Nederlandse Spaarbankbond.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Economic analysis of saving: microeconomic aspects of saving, B. Kauffmann
  • macroeconomic aspects of saving, W.H. Buiter
  • savings and taxation, J. Owens. Part 2 Empirical evidence: saving in the USA, L.J. Lau
  • saving in Western Europe, J.P. Fitoussi
  • saving in Eastern Europe, B.W. Ickes
  • saving in Japan, Ch. Horioka. Part 3 Policy conclusions: towards an international savings policy, W. Duisenberg and A. Wellink.

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  • NCID
    BA20722996
  • ISBN
    • 0631185216
  • LCCN
    92027435
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, MA
  • Pages/Volumes
    320 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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