Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared: Searching for Policy Lessons

25 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006

Date Written: September 1997

Abstract

This paper examines empirical determinants of private saving for a sample of economies in Southeast Asia and Latin America over the period 1975-95. It uses panel estimations to establish relationships between private saving rates and a range of policy and nonpolicy variables. The findings show that fiscal policy, particularly social security arrangements, influence private saving; also macroeconomic stability and financial deepening appear to have been important in accounting for differences in saving behavior between the two regions.

Keywords: Saving, Southeast Asia, Latin America

JEL Classification: E21, C23

Suggested Citation

Dayal-Gulati, Anuradha and Thimann, Christian, Saving in Southeast Asia and Latin America Compared: Searching for Policy Lessons (September 1997). IMF Working Paper No. 97/110, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=882639

Anuradha Dayal-Gulati (Contact Author)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

700 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20431
United States

Christian Thimann

AXA Group ( email )

25 avenue Matignon
Paris, 75008
France

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