Proceedings of the Conference on Consumption and Saving, Volumes 1 and 2
1st Edition
Published on 19. January 2017
1008 pages
978-1-5128-1844-4 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-5128-1844-4 (9781512818444)
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Irwin Friend | Robert Jones
Proceedings of the Conference on Consumption and Saving, Volumes 1 and 2
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01/1960
University of Pennsylvania Press
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Content
- Cover
- Volume I
- Title
- Copyright
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Part 1 General Consumer Demand Relations
- A Complete Set of Consumer Demand Relationships
- The Specification of Empirical Consumption Structures
- Quantity and Quality of Clothing Purchases
- Comments
- Rejoinder
- Part 2 Durable Goods
- Household Investments 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
- Rejoinders
- 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
- Rejoinders
- Volume II
- Title
- Copyright
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Part 4 General Saving Relations: Permanent Income 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
- Rejoinder
- Technical Note
- Part 5 Specific Aspects of Saving Behavior
- Who Saves?
- Entrepreneurial Saving
- The Concept of Saving
- Comments
- Rejoinders
- Part 6 Income, Debt and Methodology
- Relative Income Shares in Fact and Theory
- Consumer Personal Debt: An Inter-Temporal Cross-Section Analysis
- Methodology and Appraisal of Consumer Expenditure Studies
- Comments
- Rejoinder
- General Comments
