The selfish life-cycle model or hypothesis is, together with the dynasty or altruism model, the most widely used … theoretical model of household behavior in economics, but does this model apply in the case of a country like Japan, which is said … version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …

literature on household saving behavior in Japan (with emphasis on the author's own past research) to shed light on whether or … not the selfish life-cycle model applies in the case of Japan. In particular, we survey the literature on the impact of … prevalence of bequests, bequest motives, tests of altruism, and the importance of borrowing (liquidity) constraints and show that …

This paper discusses three alternative assumptions concerning household preferences (altruism, self-interest, and a … survey conducted in China, India, Japan, and the United States. It finds striking inter-country differences in bequest plans … desirability of stimulative fiscal policies, public pensions, and inheritance taxes. …

religiosity appear to be the main cause of inter-country differences in the degree of selfishness and altruism. … that there are large inter-country differences in the degree of selfishness and altruism, with the Japanese and Chinese …

The selfish life-cycle model or hypothesis is, together with the dynasty or altruism model, the most widely used … theoretical model of household behavior in economics, but does this model apply in the case of a country like Japan, which is said … version of the selfish life-cycle model and then survey the literature on household saving and bequest behavior in Japan in …