Summary Since the study of Feldstein/Horioka (1980), the high correlation between investment and saving rates is a … together, the following conclusions can be drawn. Firstly, no long-term relationships exist between the national investment …

capital as well as produced capital ("genuine savings"), determines whether the present value of future changes in consumption … have substantial impacts on estimates of genuine savings, they lead to only limited improvements in the relation between … savings as signals of future consumption paths if and only if the estimates include adjustments for natural resource depletion …

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 …

Purpose – This study aims to re‐examine the direction of causality between investment and saving in the West African … between investment and saving as well as for other pertinent variables in the determination of the two variables of interest … is a proof that saving is a real constraint on investment in the financially moderate economies of the WAEMU. Practical …

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 investment using bounds testing approach to cointegration and derive …-Fuller procedure. Findings – Their main findings are: investment and saving are strongly cointegrated for The Gambia and Burkina Faso …

Purpose – Under its “Members Investment Scheme” strategic initiative, the Malaysian Employees Provident Fund (EPF …) permits its members to invest part of their retirement savings in approved external funds. Given there is an increasing number … of unit trust funds available in the market, it is not an easy task for members to make this investment choice decision …

retirement savings in defined contribution superannuation, using a proportionate shareholding approach (PSA) which minimizes … arbitrage and active investment to create a price‐efficient market. Statistical models show how investors would experience …/implications – Professional investment managers have not beaten the market, not because the market is efficient, but because it is inefficient due …

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 …

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 …