E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: Surveys of Recent Research in Economics
ISBN: 978-1-119-15839-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
* A survey of savings and wealth accumulation which are important dimensions of research and policy debates
* Discusses the measurement of genuine savings and sustainability, the estimation of wealth inequality, and recent developments in consumer credit and defaults
* Evaluates the impact of student loans on financial well-being, people's retirement decisions, and the impact of pension reform
* Considers the distribution of wealth across generations and the importance of accurately measuring government debt, the rise of sovereign wealth funds and Islamic banking and finance
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Savings and Wealth Accumulation: Measurement, Influences and Institutions 1
Edda Claus and Iris Claus
2. Recent Developments in Consumer Credit and Default Literature 9
Igor Livshits
3. Student Debt Effects on Financial Well-Being: Research and Policy Implications 33
William Elliott and Melinda Lewis
4. Islamic Banking and Finance: Recent Empirical Literature and Directions for Future Research 59
Pejman Abedifar, Shahid M. Ebrahim, Philip Molyneux and Amine Tarazi
5. Wealth Inequality: A Survey 93
Frank A. Cowell and Philippe Van Kerm
6. Defining the Government's Debt and Deficit 139
Timothy C. Irwin
7. Rise of the Fiduciary State: A Survey of Sovereign Wealth Fund Research 163
William L. Megginson and Veljko Fotak
8. Genuine Savings and Sustainability 213
Nick Hanley, Louis Dupuy and Eoin McLaughlin
9 Savings in Times of Demographic Change: Lessons from the German Experience 245
Axel Börsch-Supan, Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Michela Coppola and Bettina Lamla
10. Economic Determinants of Workers' Retirement Decisions 271
Courtney C. Coile
Index 297