The Determinants Of National Saving And Wealth: Proceedings Of A Conference Held By The International Economic Association At Bergamo, Italy (international Economic Association Series)

Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Social Security Benefits and the Accumulation of Pre-retirement Wealth....Pages 3-23 Determinants of Private Saving with Special Reference to the Role of Social Security—Cross-country Tests....Pages 24-55 Mandatory Retirement Saving and Capital Formation....Pages 56-88 Social Security, Bequests and the Life Cycle Theory of Saving: Cross-sectional Tests....Pages 89-122 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Savings and Inflation: Theory and British Evidence....Pages 125-139 The Consumption Function in Italy: A Critical Survey....Pages 140-151 The Role of Demographic Factors as a Determinant of Savings in Sweden....Pages 152-179 Explaining the Composition of Household Saving Flows and their Relationship to Aggregate Saving in France....Pages 180-200 The Determinants of Post-war Savings Behaviour in Japan....Pages 201-218 Saving in a Stagflation Process....Pages 219-232 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Accumulation in a Socialist Economy: the Case of Poland....Pages 235-254 The Determinants and Role of Private Saving in Poland....Pages 255-271 Household Saving in the USSR....Pages 272-285 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Saving and Changes in National and Sectoral Balance Sheets....Pages 289-301 The Accumulation of Human and Non-human Capital....Pages 302-350 Front Matter....Pages 351-418 Summary Record of Discussion....Pages 353-418 Back Matter....Pages 419-424