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Why do people save in cash? : distrust, memories of banking crises, weak institutions and dollarization

Stix, Helmut - 2012

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Informality, saving and wealth inequality in Colombia

Granda Carvajal, Catalina; Hamann S., Franz A. - 2015

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

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Accounting for the corporate cash increase

Zhao, Jake - 2014

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A comparison of saving rates : micro evidence from seventeen Latin American and Caribbean countries

Gandelman, Néstor - 2015

Using micro data on expenditure and income for 17 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, this paper presents stylized facts on saving behavior by age, education, income and place of residence. Counterfactual saving rates are computed by imposing the saving behavior, the population...

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Saving rate dynamics in the neoclassical growth model : hyperbolic discounting and observational equivalence

Farzin, Hossein; Wendner, Ronald - 2013

The standard neoclassical growth model with Cobb-Douglas production predicts a monotonically declining saving rate, when reasonably calibrated. Ample empirical evidence, however, shows that the transition path of a country's saving rate exhibits a rising or non-monotonic pattern. In important...

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The time path of the saving rate : hyperbolic discounting and short-term planning

Farzin, Yeganeh Hossein; Wendner, Ronald - 2014

The standard neoclassical growth model with Cobb-Douglas production predicts a monotonically declining saving rate, when reasonably calibrated. Ample empirical evidence, however, shows that the transition paths of most countries' saving rates exhibit a statistically significant hump-shaped...

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The effect of non-contributory pensions on saving in Mexico

Alonso Ortiz, Jorge; Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Juarez, … - 2016

). Within specific investment categories, evidence is found of increases in human capital and in durable and financial goods for …

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Gone with the wind : demographic transitions and domestic saving

Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Sánchez, Gabriel; Valenzuela, Patricio - 2016

This study explores the relationship between demographic factors and saving rates using a panel dataset covering 110 countries between 1963 and 2012. In line with predictions from theory, this paper finds that lower dependency rates and greater longevity increase domestic saving rates. However,...

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The mystery of saving in Latin America

Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - 2015

savings does not fully close the negative estimated private saving gap, reducing it by less than 1 percentage point. No gap is …

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Understanding domestic savings in Chile

Cerda, Rodrigo; Fuentes S. M., J. Rodrigo; García, Gonzalo - 2015

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 …

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