Why are Latin America's savings rates so low? An international comparative analysis

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-44

  Edwards, Sebastian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Latin America; Savings

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING REGION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SAVINGS RATE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0030429099     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00424-5     Document Type: Article

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