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Neglected Heterogeneity and Dynamics in Cross-Country Savings Regressions

International Monetary Fund - 1999

This paper examines the extent to which conclusions of cross-country studies of private savings are robust to allowing … for the possible heterogeneity of savings behavior across countries and the inclusion of dynamics. It shows that … neglecting heterogeneity and dynamics can lead to misleading inferences about the key determinants of savings behavior. The …

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Saving-Investment Correlations : Immobile Capital. Government Policy or Endogenous Behavior?

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over time. It is concluded that the main reason for the observed high correlations over the recent period is probably government policy

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396226

Fiscal Policy and Private Sector Saving Behavior : Tests of Ricardian Equivalence in Some Developing Economies

International Monetary Fund - 1987

Tax or debt financing of a given rate of government expenditures would, according to the now well-known Ricardian Equivalence proposition, have equivalent effects on aggregate demand. Among the reasons for a deviation from the equivalence is the possibility that the government and the private...

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Optimal Fiscal Policy and Government Provision of Contingent Liabilities : The Example of Government Loan and Deposit Guarantees

International Monetary Fund - 1989

sector’s loan portfolio to eliminate risk, full government guarantee of private sector loans (or deposits) is suboptimal. The …

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Kingdom of the Netherlands : Netherlands: Selected Issues-The Labor Income Tax Credit in an International Perspective

International Monetary Fund - 2001

Compared with its U.S. and U.K. counterparts, the Labor Tax Credit (LTC) is likely to have more limited effects on incentives for primary-earners to enter the labor force, because of the smaller size of the credit. Any significant increase in the LTC to strengthen its effect on the still large...

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Australia : selected issues

Schule, Werner; Jauregui, Juan; Sun, Yan; Basu, Suman - 2011

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Who benefits from the education saving incentive? : Income, educational expectations and the value of the 529 and Coverdell

Dynarski, Susan M. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Tax policy and education policy : collision or coordination? : A case study of 529 and Coverdell savings vehicles

Dynarski, Susan M. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Malawi Financial Sector Assessment Program : Contractual Savings - Insurance and Pensions

International Monetary Fund - 2008

The penetration level of the insurance and pension sectors in Malawi is low, but it seems adequate as compared with other countries in similar stages of development. Concentration and costs are high, the regulatory framework is outdated or inexistent and supervision is weak. An innovative pilot...

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The Role of National Saving in the World Economy : Recent Trends and Prospects

International Monetary Fund - 1990

resources, including the mobilization of savings to finance domestic investment …

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