the aging of the population will be the main determinant of future trends in domestic saving rates in developing Asia …In this paper, we analyze the determinants of the domestic saving rate in developing Asia during 1966-2007 and find … project future trends in domestic saving rates in developing Asia for 2011-2030 based on our estimation results, and find that …

Asia has run since the 1997–1998 Asian crisis. A country's current account surplus is, by definition, equal to its net … saving. The central objective of this paper is to investigate the extent to which the saving and investment rate of Asian … countries can be explained by the underlying fundamental determinants of saving and investment such as gross domestic product …

The demographic dividend that contributed substantially to economic growth in developing Asia in the past is … dissipating. Population aging affects growth through savings, capital accumulation, labor force participation, and total factor … bulk of the region's population and output. We then made projections about the effects of demographic change on the …

In this paper, we analyze the determinants of corporate saving in the form of changes in the stock of cash for 11 Asian …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using long-term time series … data for the 1975–2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving … to females) has a significant impact on the household saving rate in both India and the Republic of Korea, even after …

households' consumption growth had been higher than income growth during this period. Tracing cohorts shows that saving declined …From 1994 to 2006, the average household saving rate in the Philippines declined by 5.2 percentage points to about a … across all demographic groups. A simple test that provides the strength of the precautionary saving motive yields a plausible …

This short essay surveys recent literature on the competitive saving motive and its broader economic implications. The … competitive saving motive is defined as saving to improve one's status relative to other competitors for dating and marriage …

This paper explores disparities in Millennium Development Goals among countries in the Asia and Pacific region, with a …

This paper revisits the issue of the evolution and choice of exchange rate regimes in Asia. The paper first compiles … exchange rate regimes for Asia in the future …