This special issue is the result of a workshop funded by IAREP. The gu
est editors gratefully acknowledge this support, The IAREP workshop, h
eld at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, in October 1995 comprised
11 contributions from scholars in the fields of economics, econometric
s, and economic psychology, The workshop eventually produced nine revi
ewed and finally accepted papers which are included in this special is
sue, Together the papers cover many aspects of the field of saving and
financial management, and at the same time mark the current state of
affairs in this area of economic psychology.