The Internal Structure of U. S. Consumption Expenditures

By Lester D. Taylor

Book Overview

​Preface.- A Different Way of Looking at Consumption Behavior.- Stability of The Internal Structure of Consumption Expenditures.- Stability of The Internal Structure of Consumption Expenditure II: Interpretation and Further Analyses.- Effects of A Change In Expenditures For One Good on Expenditures of Other Goods.- Background, Interpretation, and Speculation.- A Brief Look at Intra-Budget Coefficients by Quintiles of Consumption Expenditure.- Estimation of Price Elasticities With Data From The BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys.- Summary, Conclusions, and Final Exercises.- Appendix 1 Data and Definitions.- Appendix 2 Distributions of Residuals and Differences In Expenditure and Budget-Share Coefficients.- Appendix 3 Data Used in Chapter 7.- References.- Index.​

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319346504
• ISBN13: 9783319346502
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"