countries have a smaller share of exports, lower degree of financial deepening, lower levels of domestic savings, higher …

rather than a greater 'effort' to save it. Finally, we find evidence that, while savings during the boom help to increase … post-boom income, the composition of such savings matters. Specifically, in past episodes, savings allocated to foreign … asset accumulation appear to have contributed more to post-boom income than those devoted to domestic investment. …

investment for Kuwait under uncertainty. The results show that in the face of high oil income volatility and the expected decline … is room to increase investment spending, which should contribute to the growth of the tradable sector, as the projected … investment rate is lower than the optimal investment rate of 20 percent of government income. …

literature. Going further, we simulate global savings behavior based on our framework and find that China’s demographics should …In coming decades, China will undergo a notable demographic transformation, with its old-age dependency ratio doubling … reassess national savings behavior, with greater prominence and more careful consideration given to the role played by changing …

-led growth and face growing risks from a deceleration in investment in China. This note quantifies potential global spillovers … from an investment slowdown in China. It finds that a one percentage point slowdown in investment in China is associated … vulnerable to an investment slowdown in China. The spillover effects also register strongly across a range of macroeconomic …

that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private … existing trends continue, valuable resources could be wasted at a time when China’s ability to finance investment is facing …This paper proposes a possible framework for identifying excessive investment. Based on this method, it finds evidence …