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‐sized mutual retail banking operation in the UK providing savings, current accounts and mortgage lending services to approximately …
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Purpose – This poem aims to present a reflection on the bigger picture of how powerless people are in reality to safeguard their own futures. Design/methodology/approach – It is a fictional poem. Findings – The poet considers how outside forces devalue the traditional approaches people...
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influences of the identified factors on the amount of savings by self‐employed farm households. Design … of savings by farm households are estimated. Findings – An important empirical finding of this study is that variability … in income plays an important role in explaining precautionary savings of US farm households. Findings suggest that farm …
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suggest that financial liberalization per se will not work unless enough flow of domestic savings exists in a country …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the Feldstein and Horioka (FH), theory that capital mobility should be low if there is high correlation between saving and investment, in some African countries. Design/methodology/approach – This paper tests the cointegration between saving and...
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) permits its members to invest part of their retirement savings in approved external funds. Given there is an increasing number … retirement savings in Malaysia. In addition, it also seeks to examine whether there is a relationship between religious …
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retirement savings in defined contribution superannuation, using a proportionate shareholding approach (PSA) which minimizes … national default option has the potential to substantially increase national savings through low‐cost superannuation …
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crisis is the awareness of the need for a better understanding of what causes people to save. Low savings rates in Western … in national savings rates. Design/methodology/approach – The phenomenon of diminishing personal savings cannot be … savings in different countries. The paper uses cross‐national data to determine the effect of cultural attributes on savings …
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purpose of this paper is to explain the main factors (savings attributes and cultural factors) that created the crisis and … an econometric model in order to evaluate the impact of cultural variables on savings behavior. Findings – The data lead … rates in the western countries. Second it points out the gap in the current academic literature regarding savings, primarily …
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Purpose This paper aims to integrate Islamic and mainstream economics framework towards a more realistic understanding of Muslim consumption behaviour. Design/methodology/approach The model incorporates some of the Islamic institutions like period-wise deduction of Zakat from endowments. It also...
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