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Does Macroeconomic Policy Affect Private Savings in Europe? Evidence From a Dynamic Panel Data Model

Private savings mirror consumption behavior. In Europe, the dynamic of consumption is very low, and at the same time, savings are increasing. Is this a result of macroeconomic policy? A GMM estimator is used to analyze the determinants of private saving in the EU?s 15 member states. Our main findings are that savings rates inherit a certain degree of persistence and that income growth causes an increase in saving. While monetary policy is totally insignificant, fiscal policy has a major impact on private savings. The long-run effects of public deficits are greater than the effects of rising income.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 431

Classification
Wirtschaft
Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Subject
Dynamic panel data model
private savings
European Union
GMM estimator
Sparen
Geldpolitik
Finanzpolitik
Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse
Schätzung
Einkommen
EU-Staaten

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Schrooten, Mechthild
Stephan, Sabine
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2004

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Schrooten, Mechthild
  • Stephan, Sabine
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Time of origin

  • 2004

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