Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone

by Angus Deaton

• ISBN13: 9780521067553
• ISBN10: 0521067553
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-10
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The eleven papers in this volume show work in the theory and measurement of consumer behaviour. The eminent contributors offer papers ranging from theory to econometrics, from Engel curves to labour supply and fertility, and from consumer demand in England to consumer behaviour in the USSR. These papers were written and collected for this volume to honour Sir Richard Stone on the occasion of his retirement from his chair at the University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

The analysis of commodity demands: Introduction

Some Engel curves

Suggestions towards freeing systems of demand functions from a strait-jacket

Theoretical and empirical approaches to consumer demand under rationing

The independence transformation: a review and some further explorations

The analysis of consumption and demand in the USSR

The theory of index numbers: Introduction

On the constructability of consistent price indices between several periods simultaneously

The economic theory of index numbers: a survey

The consumption function and durable goods: Introduction

Testing neoclassical models of the demand for consumer durables

Liquidity and inflation effects on consumers' expenditure

Other aspects: fertility and labour supply: Introduction

On labour supply and commodity demands

Child spacing and numbers: an empirical analysis

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