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UNINA9910782286103321 |
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Autore |
Selvanathan E. Antony <1954-> |
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Titolo |
International consumption comparisons [[electronic resource] ] : OECD versus LDC / / E.A. Selvanathan, S. Selvanathan |
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Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-95557-4 |
9786611955571 |
981-279-565-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumption (Economics) - OECD countries - Mathematical models |
Consumption (Economics) - Developing countries - Mathematical models |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; LIST OF TABLES ; LIST OF FIGURES ; TECHNICAL NOTES ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL CONSUMPTION PATTERNS ; 1.1 An Overview of the OECD and LD Countries ; 1.2 Consumption Theory ; 1.3 A Review of International Consumption Comparisons |
1.4 A Pioneering International Consumption Study 1.5 Are Tastes Constant? ; References ; CHAPTER 2: CONSUMER DEMAND MODELS ; 2.1 The Economic Theory of the Consumer ; 2.2 The Structure of Preferences ; 2.3 Differential Approach to Deriving Demand Equations |
2.4 Other Popular Demand Systems 2.5 More on the Differential Demand Equations ; 2.6 Aggregation and Consumer Demand ; References ; CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS: OECD COUNTRIES ; 3.1 Data Source ; 3.2 Summary Measures ; 3.3 Engel's Law |
3.4 Preliminary Estimates of Income and Price Elasticities |
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