Saving - What Do We Know, and Why Do We Care?

In principle, there is little reason people, and countries facing different shocks, and income streams should strive for optimal saving rates. But in practice, the inter-temporal choices that underlie saving, are subject to externalities, market fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Servén, Luis, Loayza, Norman, Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/2505516/saving-know-care
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11468