bank accounts instead of cash. We investigate the effects on savings behavior and downstream outcomes such as assets and … trust. We find, on average, no significant impact on overall savings or downstream outcomes. However, among individuals with … nonpositive balances prior to the offering, we observe an increase in balances in savings accounts and in the transactional …

This paper constructs time series data on savings per type of agent for Chile during the period 1960-2012. It is found … that the economy's average savings rate increased by 11 percentage points in the period 1985-2012 compared to 1960- 1984 …, with particularly pronounced growth in corporate savings. The evidence suggests that this increase was driven largely by …

and how these might influence aggregate savings and wealth inequality. This paper aims to fill that gap by examining both …