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Luxury and Wealth Accumulation.
Ikeda, S. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 2001
-good framework, a quasi-luxury is de ned as a good whose marginal rate of substitution is increasing in wealth. Under certain …-necessities when they expect to be happier (unhappier) in the future. The preference for quasi-luxuries promotes optimal wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466547
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Luxury and Wealth Accumulation.
Ikeda, S. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 2001
-good framework, a quasi-luxury is de ned as a good whose marginal rate of substitution is increasing in wealth. Under certain …-necessities when they expect to be happier (unhappier) in the future. The preference for quasi-luxuries promotes optimal wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639247
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Why Do People Save? A Micro-Analysis of Motives for Household Saving in Japan
Horioka, C.Y.; Watanabe, W. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1996
This paper estimates the contribution of net saving for each of twelve motives to overall household saving in Japan using micro data from Japanese Government survey and finds that the net saving for the retirement and precautionary motives, both of which are consistent with the life-cycle model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602832
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A U.S.-Japan Comparison of the Importance and Determinants of Retirement Saving.
Horioka, C.Y.; Okui, M. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1998
In this paper, we conduct a U.S.- Japan comparison of the importance of retirement saving and of the determinants thereof using micro data from the "U.S.- Japan Comparison Survey of Saving," a binational household survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602911
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Do the Aged Dissave in Japan? Evidence from Micro Data.
Horioka, C.Y.; Kasuga, N.; Yamazaki, K.; Watanabe, W. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1996
In this paper, we analyse the saving behavior of the aged in Japan using household-level data from a 1992 survey conducted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602982
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Do the Aged Dissave in Japan? Evidence from Micro Data.
Horioka, C.Y.; Kasuga, N.; Yamazaki, K.; Watanabe, W. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1996
In this paper, we analyse the saving behavior of the aged in Japan using household-level data from a 1992 survey conducted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780359
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Are Americans more Altruistic than the Japanese Comparison of Saving and Bequest Motives.
Horioka, C.Y.; Fujisaki, H.; Watanabe, W.; Kouno, T. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 2000
In this paper, we analyze a variety of data on saving motives, bequest motives, and bequest division from the "Comparative Survey of Savings in Japan and the United States", a binational survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy of the Ministry of Posts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458117
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Are Americans more Altruistic than the Japanese Comparison of Saving and Bequest Motives.
Horioka, C.Y.; Fujisaki, H.; Watanabe, W.; Kouno, T. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 2000
In this paper, we analyze a variety of data on saving motives, bequest motives, and bequest division from the "Comparative Survey of Savings in Japan and the United States", a binational survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy of the Ministry of Posts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486460
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A U.S.-Japan Comparison of the Importance and Determinants of Retirement Saving.
Horioka, C.Y.; Okui, M. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1998
In this paper, we conduct a U.S.- Japan comparison of the importance of retirement saving and of the determinants thereof using micro data from the "U.S.- Japan Comparison Survey of Saving," a binational household survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486486
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Why Do People Save? A Micro-Analysis of Motives for Household Saving in Japan
Horioka, C.Y.; Watanabe, W. - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1996
This paper estimates the contribution of net saving for each of twelve motives to overall household saving in Japan using micro data from Japanese Government survey and finds that the net saving for the retirement and precautionary motives, both of which are consistent with the life-cycle model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670059