This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over …

This paper extends recent work by Feldstein and Horioka (1980) and Bayoumi (1990), and examines saving-investment … non-EMS countries. It is seen that the EMS countries exhibit much lower saving-investment correlations than their non …

, the limited tools available to policymakers to affect savings are discussed. Finally, the extent to which recent tax …

among the factors that have contributed most to delaying the private sector’s investment response and preventing a …

composition of savings and investment. The paper suggests various specific tax measures that would not only raise government … revenue but also enhance the efficiency of savings and investment …This paper explores how tax policy affects the level and allocation of national savings in the United States. It argues …

The U.S. national savings rate has declined in the 1980s, with both public and private components falling. This paper … discusses that decline and whether a policy response is needed. The drop in the private savings rate appears to reflect factors … national savings. Illustrative calculations based on two alternative frameworks indicate that a net national saving rate …