The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015

The importance of savings rates on economic growth have been well studied among economic literature (Solow, 1956) finding that economies without higher levels of savings present problems when private investment is needed -- Current authors have found the determinants of savings and almost every auth...

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Vanegas Arias, Martín
Builes Aristizábal, Laura
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2018
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Universidad EAFIT
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Tasa de ahorro
CONFLICTO ARMADO - SIGLO XX
GUERRA CIVIL - SIGLO XX
CRECIMIENTO ECONÓMICO
EXPECTATIVA DE VIDA
Civil war - 20th century
Economic growth
Life expectancy
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spelling Torres García, AlejandroVanegas Arias, MartínBuiles Aristizábal, LauraEconomistamvanega3@eafit.edu.colbuiles3@eafit.edu.coMedellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degrees2018-09-14T22:34:53Z20182018-09-14T22:34:53Zhttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/12779338.9 V252The importance of savings rates on economic growth have been well studied among economic literature (Solow, 1956) finding that economies without higher levels of savings present problems when private investment is needed -- Current authors have found the determinants of savings and almost every author agree in variables as disposable income, education level and several other demographic variables (see Grigoli, Herman & Schmidt-Hebbel, 2018 and Doshi, 1994) -- In contrast, sociopolitical variables as measures for political instability and armed conflicts haven’t been included as determinants for savings although these factors should affect the life of individuals and at last their decisions -- According to several authors almost a half of the countries have suffered any kind of armed conflict or civil war in the 20th century (see Blattman & Miguel, 2010), so is feasible that these situations have certain effects over human behavior and their decision -- To test the hypothesis that armed conflicts have a determinant effect over human behavior and savings, a sample of 65 countries for the period between 1980 to 2015 is constructed and fixed effect of conflicts over the saving rates is tested including the traditional determinants of savings as control variables -- The results indicate that the probability of dying, explained in terms of life expectancy and death rate, have a negative effect over the saving rates, the results show that these results are worsened by the appearance of conflictUniversidad EAFITEconomíaEscuela de Economía y Finanzas. Departamento de Economía.Tasa de ahorroCONFLICTO ARMADO - SIGLO XXGUERRA CIVIL - SIGLO XXCRECIMIENTO ECONÓMICOEXPECTATIVA DE VIDACivil war - 20th centuryEconomic growthLife expectancyThe effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisTrabajo de gradoacceptedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_7a1fAcceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2LICENSElicense.txtlicense.txttext/plain; charset=utf-82556https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/ad33d7cc-ead1-47aa-9e69-e2ad8d7f8cad/download76025f86b095439b7ac65b367055d40cMD51ORIGINALMartin_VanegasArias_Laura_BuilesAristizabal_2018.pdfMartin_VanegasArias_Laura_BuilesAristizabal_2018.pdfTrabajo de gradoapplication/pdf1232174https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/4c714aab-d412-4557-9051-9731086c739e/downloadb64f4a4e36807caefd5fec78ca38ccd3MD5210784/12779oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/127792019-05-23 11:19:19.46open.accesshttps://repository.eafit.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad EAFITrepositorio@eafit.edu.co
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
title The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
spellingShingle The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
Tasa de ahorro
CONFLICTO ARMADO - SIGLO XX
GUERRA CIVIL - SIGLO XX
CRECIMIENTO ECONÓMICO
EXPECTATIVA DE VIDA
Civil war - 20th century
Economic growth
Life expectancy
title_short The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
title_full The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
title_fullStr The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
title_full_unstemmed The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
title_sort The effect of armed conflict on saving rates: international evidence from 1980 to 2015
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Vanegas Arias, Martín
Builes Aristizábal, Laura
dc.contributor.advisor.spa.fl_str_mv Torres García, Alejandro
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Vanegas Arias, Martín
Builes Aristizábal, Laura
dc.subject.spa.fl_str_mv Tasa de ahorro
topic Tasa de ahorro
CONFLICTO ARMADO - SIGLO XX
GUERRA CIVIL - SIGLO XX
CRECIMIENTO ECONÓMICO
EXPECTATIVA DE VIDA
Civil war - 20th century
Economic growth
Life expectancy
dc.subject.lemb.spa.fl_str_mv CONFLICTO ARMADO - SIGLO XX
GUERRA CIVIL - SIGLO XX
CRECIMIENTO ECONÓMICO
EXPECTATIVA DE VIDA
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Civil war - 20th century
Economic growth
Life expectancy
description The importance of savings rates on economic growth have been well studied among economic literature (Solow, 1956) finding that economies without higher levels of savings present problems when private investment is needed -- Current authors have found the determinants of savings and almost every author agree in variables as disposable income, education level and several other demographic variables (see Grigoli, Herman & Schmidt-Hebbel, 2018 and Doshi, 1994) -- In contrast, sociopolitical variables as measures for political instability and armed conflicts haven’t been included as determinants for savings although these factors should affect the life of individuals and at last their decisions -- According to several authors almost a half of the countries have suffered any kind of armed conflict or civil war in the 20th century (see Blattman & Miguel, 2010), so is feasible that these situations have certain effects over human behavior and their decision -- To test the hypothesis that armed conflicts have a determinant effect over human behavior and savings, a sample of 65 countries for the period between 1980 to 2015 is constructed and fixed effect of conflicts over the saving rates is tested including the traditional determinants of savings as control variables -- The results indicate that the probability of dying, explained in terms of life expectancy and death rate, have a negative effect over the saving rates, the results show that these results are worsened by the appearance of conflict
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