Public Policies and Household Saving.

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 po...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Poterba, James M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:9780226676296
0226676293
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.