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Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared: Searching for Policy Lessons

By Christian Thimann, Anuradha Dayal-Gulati

September 1, 1997

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Christian Thimann, and Anuradha Dayal-Gulati. Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared: Searching for Policy Lessons, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed November 12, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975–95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show that fiscal policy, particularly social security arrangements, influence private saving; also macroeconomic stability and financial deepening appear to have been important in accounting for differences in saving behavior between the two regions.

Subject: Econometric analysis, Estimation techniques, Expenditure, Financial markets, Financial sector development, Income, National accounts, Pension spending, Private savings, Terms of trade

Keywords: A. saving trend, Estimation techniques, Financial market, Financial sector development, GDP, Government saving, Income, Latin America, Pension spending, Private savings, Saving, Saving behavior, Saving motive, Saving rate, Saving scheme, Southeast Asia, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    25

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1997/110

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1101997

  • ISBN:

    9781451853308

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941