Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1980
Keywords
Savings, Income, Export, Economic growth
DOI
10.1086/451176
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of income distribution and export instability on the savings ratios of a group of 12 developed and 52 less developed countries (DCs and LDCs) for 1968-73. The effect of income distribution on savings has been studied before but not on as comprehensive a group of countries as presented here. The effect of export instability on savings has not been examined before in the literature on the determinants of savings behavior. It has, however, been discussed in the literature on the relationship between export instability and economic growth and part of the purpose of this paper is to relate this argument to our discussion of the determinants of savings behavior.
Source Publication
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Volume Number
28
Issue Number
2
ISSN
0013-0079
First Page
359
Last Page
364
Recommended Citation
Lim, D. (1980). Income distribution, export instability, and savings behavior. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 28 (2), 359-364. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/451176