Precautionary Savings in a Small Open Economy Revisited /

A common assumption in standard economic models is that agents are risk-averse and prudent, and it is often argued that prudence is necessary to generate precautionary savings. This paper shows that prudence is not necessary to generate precautionary savings in small open economy models with more th...

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Автор: Roitman, Agustin
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/253
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