Title International consumption comparisons : OECD versus LDC / E.A. Selvanathan, S. Selvanathan

Published Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 325 pages) : illustrations Contents Ch. 1. An overview of international consumption patterns / E.A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan -- ch. 2. Consumer demand models / E.A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan -- ch. 3. Data analysis: OECD countries / S. Selvanathan and E.A. Selvanathan -- ch. 4. Data analysis: less developed countries / E.A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan -- ch. 5. A comparison of consumption patterns in the OECD and LD countries / E.A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan -- ch. 6. Stochastic price and quantity index numbers / E.A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan -- ch. 7. Testing demand theory hypotheses: OECD and LD countries / S. Selvanathan and E.A. Selvanathan -- ch. 8. A comparison of alternative demand systems / E.A. Selvanathan and S. Selvanathan -- ch. 9. The structure of preferences: OECD and LD countries / S. Selvanathan and E.A. Selvanathan -- Appendix. The demand analysis package, DAP2000 / Wana Yang, Kenneth W. Clements and Dongling Chen Summary This work presents an analysis of consumption patterns in the OECD (rich) and LDC (poor) countries using recent data (1960-1996) and econometric methodology for a number of broadly aggregated consumer goods. The income eleasticity estimates for the 50 or so counries and 10 commodity groups are tabulated. The reliability of these elasticity estimates, and also the demand theory hypotheses, are investigated using simulation techniques Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Consumption (Economics) -- Mathematical models -- OECD countries Consumption (Economics) -- Mathematical models -- Developing countries POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics. Consumption (Economics) -- Mathematical models Developing countries OECD countries Form Electronic book Author Selvanathan, Saroja ISBN 9789812795656 9812795650 1281955574 9781281955579

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