International Comparative Household Finance

Cristian Badarinza, John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai

Scholarly Articles from Harvard University Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper reviews the literature on international comparative household finance. The paper presents summary statistics on household balance sheets for 13 developed countries, and uses these statistics to discuss common features and contrasts across countries. The paper then discusses retirement savings, investments in risky assets, unsecured debt, and mortgages.

Date: 2016
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Published in Annual Review of Economics

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