In this study, the permanent-income hypothesis and the Keynesian consumption function for four Asian countries are considered. The MPCs for Korea and Taiwan characterized by rapid economic growth have been on the decline, whereas the MPCs for Thailand and India with moderate or low economic growth have been stable. The decline in MPCs and rise in MPSs, in turn, are expected to facilitate government debt financing domestically and/or improve trade balance account. The real interest rate is found to be negative and significant only for India, suggesting that the government may use monetary policy to encourage saving. [E 21, O 11]
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