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Saving - What Do We Know, and Why Do We Care?

In principle, there is little reason people, and countries facing different shocks, and income streams should strive for optimal saving rates. But in practice, the inter-temporal choices that underlie saving, are subject to externalities, market fa...

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Main Authors: Servén, Luis, Loayza, Norman, Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKET
CURRENT PRICES
DATA SET
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DOWN PAYMENTS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXTERNALITIES
FACE VALUE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FOREIGN AID
FUNDED SCHEMES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INCREASE
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH
NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH THEORY
NET WORTH
PAYMENTS ON LOANS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY MEASURES
POOR COUNTRIES
POSITIVE EFFECT
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE AGENTS
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC POLICY
RETIREMENT
SAVINGS
STREAMS
TAX INCENTIVES
URBANIZATION SAVINGS BEHAVIOR
SAVINGS PROMOTION
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
INCOME FLUCTUATIONS
MARKET FAILURE
POLICY FAILURE
SOCIAL WELFARE
PRIVATE VALUE
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT RATE
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKET VOLATILITY
INSURANCE VALUES
FINANCIAL CRISES
RESEARCH PROJECTS
INCOME GENERATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PRIVATE SAVINGS
FISCAL EFFICIENCY
PENSION REFORM
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/2505516/saving-know-care
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11468

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/2505516/saving-know-care
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11468

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