Essays about: "Precautionary Savings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Precautionary Savings.

  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. 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

  4. 3. Determinants of the Household Savings Rate in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sebastian Dypbukt Källman; Johanna Melinder; [2017]
    Keywords : Structural break; Uncertainty avoidance; Household savings rate; Cointegration; House prices;

    Abstract : The Swedish household savings rate remains on elevated levels despite record high house prices, a buoyant Swedish economy, and aggressive monetary policy by the Swedish Riksbank. Utilizing cointegration techniques, this paper examines the long- and short-run determinants of the Swedish household savings rate during the period Q1:1980-Q3:2016. READ MORE

  5. 4. Determinants of the private savingsrate in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Nationalekonomi

    Author : PAULINA KOSKI; [2016]
    Keywords : Private savings; Life-Cycle; Precautionary Savings; Permanent Income; Ricardian;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the determinants of private savings in Sweden, covering the time period 1914-2014. The steadily increasing fraction of the elderly, as a percentage of the working age population is a demographic development confronted by almost all industrialized countries nowadays. READ MORE

  6. 5. Changing savings patterns in Sweden; Effects on private savings from the Swedish pension reform in the 1990s

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Axel Lilja; Hannes Tordengren; [2014]
    Keywords : Pension Reform; Life-Cycle Hypothesis; Precautionary Savings;

    Abstract : Many countries struggle to sustain their pension systems in the face of demographic shifts and increasing life-expectancies. Without reforms that deal with systemic funding issues, many pensions systems around the world might prove unsustainable in the years to come. Sweden successfully managed to reform its pension system in the 1990s. READ MORE