Price and control elasticities of demand for savings

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Development Economics
Year: 2018
Volume: 130
Issue: C
Pages: 145-159

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

A Philippine bank tested sensitivity to interest rates and account ownership requirements in 10,000 randomized door-to-door solicitations for a commitment savings account. Take-up is substantial (23%), but price elasticity of saving in this account is not significantly different from zero in either the full sample or sub-groups of plausibly marginal savers. The upper bound is less than 0.5 in the full sample, and exceeds 1.0 in only 1 of 22 sub-groups. Nor do we find sensitivity to ownership requirements.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:deveco:v:130:y:2018:i:c:p:145-159
Journal Field
Development
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25