Essays on Saving, Bequests, Altruism, and Life-Cycle Planning

by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

This collection of essays, coauthored with other distinguished economists, offers new perspectives on saving, intergenerational economic ties, retirement planning, and the distribution of wealth. The book links life-cycle microeconomic behavior to important macroeconomic outcomes, including the roughly 50 percent postwar decline in America's rate of saving and its increasing wealth inequality. The book traces these outcomes to the government's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262112620
• ISBN13: 9780262112628
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher