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1035228
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b789598
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Public policies and household saving /\ edited by James M. Poterba.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 1994.
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National Bureau of Economic Research project report
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1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0226676293
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: 9780226676296
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0226676188
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9780226676180
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Government saving incentives in the United States / James M. Poterba -- Government incentives and household saving in Canada / John B. Burbidge and James B. Davies -- Taxation and personal saving incentives in the United Kingdom / James Banks and Richard Blundell -- Savings in Germany, part 1 : Incentives / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Government incentives and household saving in Italy / Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano -- Public policies and household savings in Japan / Takatoshi Ito and Yukinobu Kitamura -- Public policies and household saving in France / Denis Fougère.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Saving and investment-- Government policy.
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Taxation.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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Saving and investment-- Government policy.
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Taxation.
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| Dewey Classification
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339.4/3
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HG7920.P83 1994eb
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Poterba, James M.
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