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Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared Searching for Policy Lessons

This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975–95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thimann, Christian
Other Authors: Dayal-Gulati, Anuradha
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1997
Series:IMF Working Papers
Subjects:
Wealth
Income
Terms Of Trade
Finance
Social Security And Public Pensions
Economic Policy; Nternational Cooperation
Exports And Imports
National Accounts
Estimation
Financial Markets
Pensions
Macroeconomics
Financial Sector Development
Estimation Techniques
Econometrics
Econometrics & Economic Statistics
Private Savings
Pension Spending
Econometric Analysis
Saving
Aggregate Factor Income Distribution
International Economics
Expenditure
Saving And Investment
Econometric Models
Financial Markets And The Macroeconomy
Financial Services Industry
Macroeconomics: Consumption
'panel Data Models
Empirical Studies Of Trade
Public Finance
Finance: General
Spatio-temporal Models'
Malaysia
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975–95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show that fiscal policy, particularly social security arrangements, influence private saving; also macroeconomic stability and financial deepening appear to have been important in accounting for differences in saving behavior between the two regions
Physical Description:25 pages
ISBN:9781451853308

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