The Determinants of National Saving and Wealth: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Bergamo, Italy

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