Public policies and household saving / edited by James M. Poterba.

Contributor(s):

Poterba, James M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: National Bureau of Economic Research project reportPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226676296
0226676293

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Public policies and household saving.DDC classification:

339.4/3 22

LOC classification:

HG7920 .P83 1994eb

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Contents:

Government saving incentives in the United States / James M. Poterba -- Government incentives and household saving in Canada / John B. Burbidge and James B. Davies -- Taxation and personal saving incentives in the United Kingdom / James Banks and Richard Blundell -- Savings in Germany, part 1 : Incentives / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Government incentives and household saving in Italy / Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano -- Public policies and household savings in Japan / Takatoshi Ito and Yukinobu Kitamura -- Public policies and household saving in France / Denis Fougère.

Summary: The declining U.S. national saving rate has prompted economists and policymakers to ask, should the federal government encourage household saving, and if so, through which policies? In order to better understand saving programs, this volume provides a systematic and detailed description of saving policies in the G-7 industrialized nations: the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Each of the seven chapters focuses on one country and addresses a core set of topics: types of accumulated household savings and debt; tax policies toward capital income; savin.

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The declining U.S. national saving rate has prompted economists and policymakers to ask, should the federal government encourage household saving, and if so, through which policies? In order to better understand saving programs, this volume provides a systematic and detailed description of saving policies in the G-7 industrialized nations: the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Each of the seven chapters focuses on one country and addresses a core set of topics: types of accumulated household savings and debt; tax policies toward capital income; savin.

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