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Saving and External Debt in Latin-American Countries

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World Saving, Prosperity and Growth

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In the last few years the propensity to save has showed some declining signs in many industrialized countries, especially in the USA (Kotlikoff [17] (*)). At the same time, similar tendencies emerged in developing countries, with an external debt progressively increasing especially since 1982.

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Bagella, M., Lo Cascio, M. (1993). Saving and External Debt in Latin-American Countries. In: Baldassarri, M., Paganetto, L., Phelps, E.S. (eds) World Saving, Prosperity and Growth. Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22925-3_6

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