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On the Efficiency of Mandatory Retirement Savings Under Endogenous Borrowing Constraints
Pardo, Oliver - 2019
Mandatory contributions to retirement savings accounts may tighten existing borrowing constraints, forcing individuals … to forgo profitable investment options. This welfare-detrimental effect can be offset if retirement savings are allowed … combined with a pension system with unconditional basic savings …
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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?
Horioka, Charles - 2020
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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?
Horioka, Charles - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012309447
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Does the selfish life-cycle model apply in the case of Japan?
Horioka, Charles - 2020
In this paper, we first provide a brief exposition of the simplest version of the selfish life cycle model or hypothesis, which is undoubtedly the most widely used theoretical model of household behavior in economics, and then survey the literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with...
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Optimal retirement savings over the life cycle : a deterministic analysis in closed form
Fischer, Marcel; Jensen, Bjarne Astrup; Koch, Marlene - 2024
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Optimal taxes and pensions in a society with myopic agents
Roeder, Kerstin - 2009
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Saving and growth under borrowing constraints explaining the "High Saving Rate" puzzle
Wen, Yi - 2009
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Wealth shocks and macroeconomic dynamics
Cooper, Daniel; Dynan, Karen E. - 2013 - This version: June 14, 2013
The effect of wealth on consumption is an issue of longstanding interest to economists. Analysts believe that fluctuations in household wealth have driven major swings in economic activity. This paper considers so-called wealth effects - the impact of changes in wealth on household consumption...
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Credit constraints and the measurement of time preferences (preliminary)
Dean, Mark; Sautmann, Anja - 2014
other variables that describe the subject’s financial situation, like savings, income and consumption shocks. We test the …
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Household saving behaviour and credit constraints in the euro area
Le Blanc, Julia; Porpiglia, Alessandro; Teppa, Federica; … - 2014
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