Consumer spending accounts typically for between half and two-thirds of total spending in
the economy. The 1980s in the UK saw an almost continuous rise in the consumption-to …

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in the field of housing economics
and its application to policy and practice. Two decades on from the publication of Duncan …

In discussions about saving in Latin America and the Caribbean, a common critique is that
the region saves little. Indeed, the data support this statement: the region saves from 10 to …

Tax scholars have long recognized that the major comprehensive tax system in the United
States shares features of both an income and a consumption model. 1 It is a hybrid tax. 2 …

Life cycle savings is proposed as one explanation for much of the increase in savings and
economic growth in Asia. The association between the age composition of a nation's …

The thesis addressed the saving behaviour of adolescents within the social context of the
family, which has received little attention to date. The research regarded adolescent …

For over a century, tax scholars and economists have debated the merits of replacing the
existing income tax with a tax on consumption. While a traditional accretion-type, or Haig …

This paper studies the relationship between the growing wealth gap and voter behavior. The
patrimonial voting literature suggests that wealth in itself leads to more right-wing voting, but …

¿ Por qué deberían ahorrar las personas y las economías? La respuesta típica suele
centrarse en la necesidad de protegerse ante shocks en el futuro y moderar el consumo …

This paper analyzes a variety of data on saving motives, bequest motives, and bequest
division from a US-Japan survey conducted in 1996 by the Japanese Ministry of Posts and …