A collection of surveys on savings and wealth accumulation / edited by Edda Claus and Iris Claus.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 8, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Savings and Wealth Accumulation: Measurement, Influences and Institutions / Edda Claus, Iris Claus -- Recent Developments in Consumer Credit and Default Literature / Igor Livshits -- Student Debt Effects on Financial Well-Being: Research and Policy Implications / William Elliott, Melinda Lewis -- Islamic Banking and Finance: Recent Empirical Literature and Directions for Future Research / Pejman Abedifar, Shahid M Ebrahim, Philip Molyneux, Amine Tarazi -- Wealth Inequality: A Survey / Frank A Cowell, Philippe Kerm -- Defining the Government's Debt and Deficit / Timothy C Irwin -- Rise of the Fiduciary State: A Survey of Sovereign Wealth Fund Research / William L Megginson, Veljko Fotak -- Genuine Savings and Sustainability / Nick Hanley, Louis Dupuy, Eoin McLaughlin -- Savings in Times of Demographic Change: Lessons from the German Experience / Axel Börsch-Supan, Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Michela Coppola, Bettina Lamla -- Economic Determinants of Workers' Retirement Decisions / Courtney C Coile.