incorporate the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty on private savings behavior. It is shown that the greater the uncertainty in … savings and, other things equal, the larger is the current account surplus. Empirical support for the model is found using …

-run capital flows in both theory and in the data. For this purpose, we develop a two region overlapping generations model where … countries differ in their population growth and mortality risk. Besides exploring the implications of demographics for saving …

, suggesting a heightened role for precautionary savings. This paper uses a parameterized small open economy model to quantify the … role of precautionary savings in economies with exhaustible resources, when the only source of uncertainty is the price of … the exhaustible resource. Results show that the precautionary motive can generate sizable external sector savings. When …

relationship between total regional saving and investment is significantly negative in Canada and the United Kingdom, in contrast … is negative in Canada which suggests that capital is mobile for individuals. The relationship between retained earnings … and private investment is significantly positive in the U.K. and Canada suggesting capital immobility for firms but a test …

economies—Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines—for the period 1997–2050 using a simulation approach …

lower consumption and GDP growth. Consistent with a model of precautionary savings in the face of uncertainty, we find for a … panel of advanced economies that greater labor income uncertainty is significantly associated with higher household savings … precautionary savings motive …