What Are the Causes of the Growing Trend of Excess Savings of the Corporate Sector in Developed Countries? An Empirical Analysis of Three Hypotheses

This paper analyzes annual accounting data for a sample of 5,000 publicly traded manufacturing firms from Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The analysis uses data from 1997 to 2011 and finds an increasing trend of excess saving...

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Main Authors: Brufman, Leandro, Martinez, Lisana, PĂ©rez Artica, Rodrigo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18109370/causes-growing-trend-excess-savings-corporate-sector-developed-countries-empirical-analysis-three-hypotheses
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16004