Understanding Japanese Savings Does Population Aging Matter?
Japan's savings are among the highest in the world, and these high rates have played a valuable role throughout the post-war period. However, over the next several decades, Japan's population will be ageing rapidly. Will this lower Japanese savings rates? Using up-to-date financial and dem...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor & Francis
2005.
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| Colección: | Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746213906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview of post-war Japanese saving and investment; Plan of this book; The saving behavior of the Japanese elderly; Specification of estimation equations; Results; Conclusion; Private investment and fundamentals; Investment theory; Plots of the data; Conclusion; Simulating the impact of aging on future saving, investment, and budget deficits; The Japanese fiscal position in the 1990s; Aging and support ratios; Demographic change, the optimal saving-investment balance, and government deficits; Conclusion; Appendix. Aging and the role of foreign immigration in impacting saving, investment, and foreign capital inflowsHousing and Japanese saving and consumption behavior; Conclusion and lessons for developing countries; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
