National Saving and Economic Performance

Name: National Saving and Economic Performance
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ISBN: 9780226044040

ISBN-10: 0226044041

ISBN-13: 9780226044040

Edition: 1991

Authors: John B. Shoven, B. Douglas Bernheim

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The past decade has witnessed a decline in saving throughout the developed world--the United States has the dubious distinction of leading the way. The consequences can be serious. For individuals, their own economic security and that of their families is jeopardized. For society, inadequate rates of saving have been blamed for a variety of ills--decreasing the competitive abilities of American industry, slowing capital accumulation, increasing our trade deficit, and forcing the sale of capital stock to foreign investors at bargain prices. Restoring acceptable rates of saving in the United States poses a major challenge to those who formulate national economic policy, especially since…

Book details

List price: $109.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 396
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Market Value versus Financial Accounting Measures of National Saving



Comment




Dividends, Capital Gains, and the Corporate Veil: Evidence from Britain, Canada, and the United States



Comment




Corporate Savings and Shareholder Consumption



Comment




The Saving Effect of Tax-deferred Retirement Accounts: Evidence from SIPP



Comment




Consumption Taxation in a General Equilibrium Model: How Reliable Are Simulation Results?



Comment




Taxes and Capital Formation: How Important Is Human Capital?



Comment




National Saving and International Investment



Comment




Quantifying International Capital Mobility in the 1980s



Comment




A Cross-Country Study of Growth, Saving, and Government



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Consumption Growth Parallels Income Growth: Some New Evidence



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Saving Behavior in Ten Developing Countries



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Contributors


Author Index


Subject Index