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Public policies and household saving / edited by James M. Poterba.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
- National Bureau of Economic Research project report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saving and investment--Government policy.
- Saving and investment.
- Taxation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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; saving in the form of public and private pensions, including Social Security and similar programs; saving programs that receive special tax treatment; and saving through insurance. This detailed summary of the saving incentives of the G-7 nations will be an invaluable reference for policymakers and academics interested in personal saving behavior.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Government Saving Incentives in the United States
- 2. Government Incentives and Household Saving in Canada
- 3. Taxation and Personal Saving Incentives in the United Kingdom
- 4. Savings in Germany-Part 1 : Incentives
- 5. Government Incentives and Household Saving in Italy
- 6. Public Policies and Household Saving in Japan
- 7. Public Policies and Household Saving in France
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611223922
- 9781281223920
- 1281223921
- 9780226676296
- 0226676293
- OCLC:
- 476228997
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