Why do people save? A micro-analysis of motives for household saving in Japan

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 442, 1997, Pages 537-552

  Horioka, Charles Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Wako ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SAVINGS MOTIVE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030881140     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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