uncertainty on households' consumption-savings decision. Applying a structural demand model to German survey data, we estimate the … uncompensated interest rate elasticity for savings, in line with the literature, to around zero. Accordingly, any policy …-induced variation of net returns to savings is expected to have no significant effects on the level of savings. Moreover, we find …

savings patterns. Terrorism increases household savings to a significant and economically meaningful degree. Two terror … of attacks is negative, savings increase with the number of fatalities. We give a potential explanation for this …

Mutual fund and ETF savings plans (SPs) are becoming an increasingly important part of retail investor portfolios and …