In this paper, we analyse the saving behavior of the aged in Japan using household-level data from a 1992 survey …

In this paper, we analyse the saving behavior of the aged in Japan using household-level data from a 1992 survey …

effect; (ii) permanent productivity shocks deteriorate the current account; and (iii) savings and investment tend to co …Using a small country model with habit-forming consumers and costly investment, we analyze equilibrium dynamics of the …

effect; (ii) permanent productivity shocks deteriorate the current account; and (iii) savings and investment tend to co …Using a small country model with habit-forming consumers and costly investment, we analyze equilibrium dynamics of the …

This paper estimates the contribution of net saving for each of twelve motives to overall household saving in Japan … using micro data from Japanese Government survey and finds that the net saving for the retirement and precautionary motives …, both of which are consistent with the life-cycle model, are of dominant importance. It also finds that the saving motives …

In this paper, we conduct a U.S.- Japan comparison of the importance of retirement saving and of the determinants … thereof using micro data from the "U.S.- Japan Comparison Survey of Saving," a binational household survey conducted in 1996 …

"Comparative Survey of Savings in Japan and the United States", a binational survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts …In this paper, we analyze a variety of data on saving motives, bequest motives, and bequest division from the … and Telecommunications Policy of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the Government of Japan, in order to shed …

"Comparative Survey of Savings in Japan and the United States", a binational survey conducted in 1996 by the Institute for Posts …In this paper, we analyze a variety of data on saving motives, bequest motives, and bequest division from the … and Telecommunications Policy of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the Government of Japan, in order to shed …

In this paper, we conduct a U.S.- Japan comparison of the importance of retirement saving and of the determinants … thereof using micro data from the "U.S.- Japan Comparison Survey of Saving," a binational household survey conducted in 1996 …

This paper estimates the contribution of net saving for each of twelve motives to overall household saving in Japan … using micro data from Japanese Government survey and finds that the net saving for the retirement and precautionary motives …, both of which are consistent with the life-cycle model, are of dominant importance. It also finds that the saving motives …