International Comparative Household Finance
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.
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Copy CitationCristian Badarinza, John Y. Campbell, and Tarun Ramadorai, "International Comparative Household Finance," NBER Working Paper 22066 (2016), https://doi.org/10.3386/w22066.
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Cristian Badarinza & John Y. Campbell & Tarun Ramadorai, 2016. "International Comparative Household Finance," Annual Review of Economics, vol 8(1), pages 111-144. citation courtesy of 
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