Essays about: "Household savings rate"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words Household savings rate.

1. 1. A Breakup Between the UK and the EU: The Impact of the Brexit Referendum on Household Savings Rate in the United Kingdom

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Shuanghao Tang; Karin Oldsjö; [2023]
   Keywords : Household Savings; Brexit Referendum; COVID-19; Synthetic Control Method; Policy Uncertainty;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the causal impact of the Brexit referendum on the household savings rate in the United Kingdom, both in the short and long term, by treating the referendum as a natural experiment. The Synthetic Control Method is used to create a counterfactual that tracks the UK's household savings rate before the referendum. READ MORE

3. 2. The Impact of Reducing Capital Taxation on Savings and Entrepreneurship: A synthetic control study on Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Ellen Olsson; Bharat Bommana; [2022]
   Keywords : Synthetic control method; Net capital taxes; Sweden; Savings rate; Entrepreneurship;

   Abstract : Capital taxes have gained prominence in public discourse for their perceived redistributional capabilities. Understanding their effect on individual economic decision making is key to designing effective tax policy. Sweden provides a good case study of the implications of capital taxes, as it repealed most of its capital taxes between 2005 to 2007. READ MORE

4. 3. Bridging the Gap between Formal and Informal Finance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Heidi Uitto; [2020]
   Keywords : financial inclusion; propensity to save; informal finance; development; gender; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Financial inclusion, defined as access and usage of formal financial services, has several positive micro and macro-level socio-economic implications. Due to decades of vigorous policies aiming at lowering barriers to formal finance, 80 percent of Indians now own a bank account. However, there is a significant gap between account take up and usage. READ MORE

5. 4. Determinants of household savings : An international cross-country analysis to detect the determinants of household savings

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

   Author : Cajsa Fredriksson; [2020]
   Keywords : Determinants of household savings; household savings; cross-country; social security; participation rate; old-age dependency rate; panel data; OECD;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to look into the determinants of household savings in an international cross-section. The focus is on the effects from social security, old-age dependency, participation rate and change in unemployment, among other variables as an addition to the disequilibrium saving hypotheses, which is the base theory for the savings function. READ MORE

6. 5. The connection between household savings ratio and human development index : Which factors affect the household savings ratio?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

   Author : Sanna Persson; Jerry Pettersson; [2019]
   Keywords : Household savings; human development index HDI ; fixed effect regression model; Keynesianism; Maslow´s behavioral pyramid; permanent income hypothesis;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates which factors affecting savings behavior by using a fixed effect regression model. To see what affects the household savings rate the following independent variables is considered: Natural logarithm of trend per capita income, natural logarithm of deviation from trend per capita income, growth of disposable income, real interest rate, inflation, wealth in relation to household disposable income, foreign savings in relation to disposable income, dependency ratio and human development index. READ MORE