International Evidence on the Determinants of Private Saving

36 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2006

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Paul R. Masson

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department; The Brookings Institution

Tamim Bayoumi

International Monetary Fund (IMF); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Hossein Samiei

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Date Written: May 1995

Abstract

A broad set of possible determinants of private saving behavior is examined, using data for a large sample of industrial and developing countries. Both time-series and cross-section estimates are obtained. Results suggest that there is a partial offset on private saving of changes in public saving and (for developing countries) in foreign saving, that demographics and growth are important determinants of private saving rates, and that interest rates and terms of trade have positive, but less robust, effects. Increases in per capita GDP seem to increase saving at low income levels (relative to the United States) but decrease it at higher ones.

JEL Classification: C33, E21, H30, J11

Suggested Citation

Masson, Paul R. and Bayoumi, Tamim and Samiei, Hossein, International Evidence on the Determinants of Private Saving (May 1995). IMF Working Paper No. 95/51, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=883199

Paul R. Masson (Contact Author)

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Tamim Bayoumi

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Hossein Samiei

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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Washington, DC 20431
United States
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