Capital Will Not Become More Expensive as the World Ages

Aging of populations and convergence between developed and developing countries in per capita incomes are shaping the evolution of saving, investment, capital flows, and, in particular, the cost of capital. When considering these trends, the existi...

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Main Authors:	Bussolo, Maurizio, Lim, Jamus Jerome, Maliszewska, Maryla, Timmer, Hans
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCELERATOR ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTING AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BENCHMARK BIASES BID BORROWER BUSINESS INVESTMENT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL FLOW CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL STOCKS CAPITAL THEORY CHECKS COMMODITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMPTION FUNCTION CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORPORATE FINANCING CORRUPTION COST OF CAPITAL COUNTRY CAPITAL COUNTRY RISK CREDIT NEED CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL CROSS-BORDER FLOWS CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS CURRENT ACCOUNTS DEFICITS DEMAND FOR CAPITAL DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS DOMESTIC INVESTMENT DOMESTIC SAVING DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ENDOWMENTS EQUATIONS EQUILIBRIUM EXCESS DEMAND EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED RETURNS FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL OPENNESS FINANCIAL PORTFOLIOS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCING OF INVESTMENT FIXED INVESTMENT FOREIGN ASSET FOREIGN ASSET POSITION FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL CAPITAL GLOBAL CAPITAL FLOWS GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKETS GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMICS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL INVESTMENT GLOBAL OUTPUT GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT SAVING GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD SAVING HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOMES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFLOWS OF CAPITAL INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE DIFFERENTIALS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL INVESTOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT FINANCING INVESTMENT FLOWS INVESTMENT FUNCTION INVESTMENT FUNCTIONS INVESTMENT GROWTH INVESTMENT NEEDS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT PATTERNS INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENT PURPOSES INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES INVESTMENT SPENDING KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LDCS LENDER LIFE CYCLE HYPOTHESIS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LOAN LOANABLE FUNDS LONG-TERM INTEREST LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES LOW INTEREST RATES MACROECONOMIC MODELS MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET DISTORTIONS MONETARY FUND NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCE NET CAPITAL PENSION PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PERMANENT INCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS POTENTIAL OUTPUT PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SAVING PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVE CAPITAL PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC POLICY RAPID GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH RATE OF RETURN RATE OF RETURN TO CAPITAL RATES OF RETURN RATES OF RETURNS REAL GDP REAL GROWTH RATE REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATE REAL INTEREST RATES REAL RATE OF RETURN SAVINGS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY TAX TAX POLICY TRADE BALANCES URUGUAY ROUND UTILITY FUNCTION WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19899048/capital-not-more-expensive-world-ages http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19385