households in 2010, to measure the global tax burden on households consumer in Italy, distinguishing between direct, indirect … household saving rate. A 1% increase of the global tax burden rate on consumer households decreases 2,9% their saving rate … significant increase in saving. We estimate the impact of direct and indirect taxes in 2010, in relation to households disposable …

In this paper, we analyze the financial asset selection behavior of Japanese households. Especially, we focus on … relationship between liquidity constraint and household portfolio. Our results show that the more households suffer from liquidity … constraint, the less the households hold risky assets. This is consistent with previous empirical research on Italian households …