Private savings and transition: Dynamic panel data evidence from accession countries

Economics of Transition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-309

  Schrooten, Mechthild ^a   Stephan, Sabine ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel data model; Eastern European EU accession countries; GMM estimator; Private savings

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; PANEL DATA; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17744367806     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2005.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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