01566cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000357 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451802016 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Australia : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (104 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper examines the role that government policy in Australia plays in influencing household saving, both directly through its own saving and the structure of the tax, social security and welfare systems, and indirectly through the influence of the policy environment on factors that affect saving such as economic growth. The determinants of household saving in a sample of 21 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries are also investigated, using both cross-section and panel estimation techniques. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1997/023 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1997/023/002.1997.issue-023-en.xml IMF e-Library