Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22030 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Working Paper No. 2007-14
Publisher: 
Kiel University, Department of Economics, Kiel
Abstract: 
What does the saving-investment (SI) relation really measure and how should the (SI) relation be measured? These are two of the most discussed issues triggered by the so called Feldstein-Horioka puzzle. Based on panel data we introduce a new variant of functional coefficient models that allow to separate long and short to medium run parameter dependence. We apply the latter to uncover the determinants of the SI relation. Macroeconomic state variables such as openness, the age dependency ratio, government current and consumption expenditures are found to affect the SI relation significantly in the long run.
Subjects: 
Saving-investment relation
Feldstein-Horioka puzzle
functional coefficient models
JEL: 
E21
C23
C14
E22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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