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Proceedings of the Conference on Consumption and Saving, Volumes 1 and 2 / ed. by Robert Jones, Irwin Friend.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©1960Description: 1 online resource (1008 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781512813500
  • 9781512818444
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.47 23
LOC classification:
  • HC110.C6 C55 1959
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part l. General Consumer Demand Relations -- A COMPLETE SET OF CONSUMER DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS -- THE SPECIFICATION OF EMPIRICAL CONSUMPTION STRUCTURES -- QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CLOTHING PURCHASES IN RELATION TO IN COME AND PRICE -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- Part 2. Durable Goods -- HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT IN AUTOMOBILES: AN INTERTEMPORAL CROSS-SECTION ANALYSIS -- DETERMINANTS OF CONSUMER DEMAND FOR HOUSE FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT -- A COVARIANCE ANALYSIS OF LOCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN FURNITURE - HOME FURNISHINGS EXPENDITURES -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER AND SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS -- REJOINDER -- Part 3. Nondurable Goods and Services -- DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS FOR FOOD -- DEMAND FOR CLOTHING -- FAMILY HOUSING EXPENDITURES: ELUSIVE LAWS AND INTRUSIVE VARIANCES -- SERVICE EXPENDITURES AT MID-CENTURY -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- REJOINDER -- Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Part 4. General Saving Relations: Permanent lncome and other Theories -- CONSUMER EXPENDITURES AND THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT -- THE "PERMANENT INCOME" AND THE "LIFE CYCLE" HYPOTHESIS OF SAVING BEHAVIOR: COMPARISON AND TESTS -- WINDFALL INCOME AND CONSUMPTION -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- BIASES IN ESTIMATING INCOME-EXPENDITURE REGRESSIONS FROM CROSS SECTION DATA -- Part 5. Specific Aspects of Saving Behavior -- WHO SAVES? -- ENTREPRENEURIAL SAVING -- THE CONCEPT OF SAVING -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- REJOINDER -- Part 6. Income, Debt and Methodology -- RELATIVE IN COME SHARES IN F ACT AND THEORY -- CONSUMER PERSONAL DEBT: AN INTER-TEMPORAL CROSS -SECTION ANALYSIS -- METHODOLOGY AND APPRAISAL OF CONSUMER EXPENDITURE STUDIES -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- GENERAL COMMENTS ON CONFERENCE. BASIC ELEMENTS OF A GENERAL MODEL OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Summary: These two volumes, bound together, represent the papers, comments, and rejoinders presented at the Conference on Consumption and Saving held 30-31 March 1959 at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The first volume is devoted to an analysis of consumption behavior with a primary focus of attention on the determinants of the major categories of consumption. The second volume is devoted to an analysis of saving behavior.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part l. General Consumer Demand Relations -- A COMPLETE SET OF CONSUMER DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS -- THE SPECIFICATION OF EMPIRICAL CONSUMPTION STRUCTURES -- QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CLOTHING PURCHASES IN RELATION TO IN COME AND PRICE -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- Part 2. Durable Goods -- HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT IN AUTOMOBILES: AN INTERTEMPORAL CROSS-SECTION ANALYSIS -- DETERMINANTS OF CONSUMER DEMAND FOR HOUSE FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT -- A COVARIANCE ANALYSIS OF LOCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN FURNITURE - HOME FURNISHINGS EXPENDITURES -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER AND SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS -- REJOINDER -- Part 3. Nondurable Goods and Services -- DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS FOR FOOD -- DEMAND FOR CLOTHING -- FAMILY HOUSING EXPENDITURES: ELUSIVE LAWS AND INTRUSIVE VARIANCES -- SERVICE EXPENDITURES AT MID-CENTURY -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- REJOINDER -- Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Part 4. General Saving Relations: Permanent lncome and other Theories -- CONSUMER EXPENDITURES AND THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT -- THE "PERMANENT INCOME" AND THE "LIFE CYCLE" HYPOTHESIS OF SAVING BEHAVIOR: COMPARISON AND TESTS -- WINDFALL INCOME AND CONSUMPTION -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- BIASES IN ESTIMATING INCOME-EXPENDITURE REGRESSIONS FROM CROSS SECTION DATA -- Part 5. Specific Aspects of Saving Behavior -- WHO SAVES? -- ENTREPRENEURIAL SAVING -- THE CONCEPT OF SAVING -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- REJOINDER -- Part 6. Income, Debt and Methodology -- RELATIVE IN COME SHARES IN F ACT AND THEORY -- CONSUMER PERSONAL DEBT: AN INTER-TEMPORAL CROSS -SECTION ANALYSIS -- METHODOLOGY AND APPRAISAL OF CONSUMER EXPENDITURE STUDIES -- COMMENTS -- COMMENTS -- REJOINDER -- GENERAL COMMENTS ON CONFERENCE. BASIC ELEMENTS OF A GENERAL MODEL OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

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These two volumes, bound together, represent the papers, comments, and rejoinders presented at the Conference on Consumption and Saving held 30-31 March 1959 at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The first volume is devoted to an analysis of consumption behavior with a primary focus of attention on the determinants of the major categories of consumption. The second volume is devoted to an analysis of saving behavior.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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