Savings and bequests
By: edited by Toshiaki Tachibanaki.
Contributors: Tachibanaki, Toshiaki, 1943-; International Conference on Savings and Bequests (1992 : Tokyo, Japan)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Saving and investment -- European Economic Community countries -- Congresses.; Saving and investment -- Japan -- Congresses.; Saving and investment -- United States -- Congresses.; Inheritance and succession -- European Economic Community countries -- Congresses.; Inheritance and succession -- Japan -- Congresses.; Inheritance and succession -- United States -- Congresses.
Description: It is of frequent concern that the United States and the United Kingdom have very low rates of personal savings, whereas several other advanced industrialized countries - particularly Japan, France, and Italy - have high rates of personal savings. These essays address the salient questions suggested by this contrast. Do different attitudes to bequests explain the difference in the saving rates among these countries? What are the different kinds of bequest - real estate, financial assets, or human capital?

Is it possible to conclude that bequests affect the formation of fiscal policies, or are they neutral with respect to fiscal policies? Finally, what is the relationship between bequests and public pensions?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Papers ... presented at the International Conference on Savings and Bequests held in Tokyo, Japan, March 17-18, 1992"--Pref.