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Japan's Household Savings Rate : An Application of the Life-Cycle Hypothesis
International Monetary Fund - 1987
This paper develops and tests a model of Japan’s household savings rate, based on the life-cycle hypothesis that the … primary motive for savings is provision for retirement. The paper shows that Japan’s high household savings rate in recent … improvements in public pension benefits and the aging of the population. It projects that the savings rate will decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395990
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Saving behavior and the asset price "bubble" in Japan : analytical studies
Baumgartner, Ulrich (contributor) - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004245820
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Government Purchases and Relative Prices in a Two-Country World
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The effects of government expenditures on interest rates, terms of trade, and real exchange rates are examined in a three-good (importables, exportables, nontradables), two-country, intertemporal, optimizing model. Temporary spending increases (on tradable or nontradable goods) may raise or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396165
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Botswana; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities for Botswana
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The staff report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation on Botswana highlights economic developments and monetary and exchange rate policy. Botswana’s growth has been fueled by continued increases in diamond production; and real diamond output is projected to level off, and then decline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244994
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Romania; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper discusses Romania’s modeling monetary policy. A simple Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS) for Romania has been designed to help in the preparation of the IMF staff’s forecasts and policy assessments. A major advantage of this approach is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245389
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Kuwait: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper estimates the optimal allocation of government current spending, precautionary saving, and investment for Kuwait under uncertainty. The results show that in the face of high oil income volatility and the expected decline in oil prices, projected current spending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242728
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A Cointegration Model for Search Equilibrium Wage Formation
International Monetary Fund - 2004
cointegration approach. It finds that labor flows, and notably flows from outside the labor market, are important determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401436
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France : Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund - 2000
This paper presents an overview of the different methodologies that can be used to measure the amount of available slack in an economy. A comparison of these alternatives reveals that the evolution of the Nairu is crucial for understanding recent cyclical developments in the French economy. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403325
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Australia : selected issues
Schule, Werner; Jauregui, Juan; Sun, Yan; Basu, Suman - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510794
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247124