Browsing by Subject "household expenditure"
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Age effects on consumer demand: An additive partially linear regression model
(2002)An additive partially linear regression model is used to estimate non-parametrically the effects of total expenditure and age in the context of Engel curves and to investigate the specification and welfare interpretation ...
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Demographic versus expenditure flexibility in Engel curves
(2008)We consider the effects of demographic and expenditure variables on consumer demand in a system of Engel curves using a smooth coefficient semiparametric model where the expenditure effects on the budget shares vary ...
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On estimating the cost of characteristics indices from consumer demand analysis
(2003)We examine the information content of relative equivalence scales using a multiperiod framework and argue that in the absence of Independence of Base (IB) these scales can be uniquely identified from demand analysis only ...