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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friend, Irwin.

Jones, Robert.

Series:

Study of consumer expenditures, incomes, and savings.

Study of consumer expenditures, incomes, and savings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saving and investment--United States--Congresses.

Saving and investment.

Consumption (Economics)--United States--Congresses.

Consumption (Economics).

Consumers--United States--Congresses.

Consumers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,010 pages).

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

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

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

REJOINDER AND SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS

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

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

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

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

GENERAL COMMENTS ON CONFERENCE. BASIC ELEMENTS OF A GENERAL MODEL OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 24, 2017)

ISBN:

1-5128-1844-5

OCLC:

1019651747