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The economics of consumption : Theory and evidence.
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ISBN: 9780199383153 0199383154 9780199383146 0199383146 Year: 2017 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press

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Consumption decisions are crucial determinants of business cycles and growth. Knowledge of how consumers respond to the economic environment and how they react to the risks that they encounter during the life-cycle is therefore important for evaluating stabilization policies and the effectiveness of fiscal packages implemented in response to economic downturns or financial crises.In The Economics of Consumption, Tullio Jappelli and Luigi Pistaferri provide a comprehensive examination of the most important developments in the field of consumption decisions and evaluate economic models against empirical evidence. The first part of the book provides the basic ingredients of economic models of consumption decisions. The central part reviews the empirical literature on the effect of income and wealth changes on consumption and on the relevance of precautionarysaving and credit market imperfections. The last chapters extend the basic framework to such important areas as bequests, leisure, lifetime uncertainty, and financial sophistication.Jappelli and Pistaferri shed light on important issues, including how consumption responds to changes in economic resources, how economic circumstances and consumers' characteristics influence behavior, and whether consumption inequality depends on income shocks and their persistence.


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Modern consumer theory
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ISBN: 1852783842 9781852783846 Year: 1991 Publisher: Aldershot Elgar


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Consumer behaviour : applications in marketing.
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ISBN: 9781412934312 9781412934305 Year: 2008 Publisher: London Sage

Consumer behavior 1: research and influences
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ISBN: 1412908418 9781412908412 Year: 2006 Publisher: London Sage


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Consumer economics after Keynes : theory and evidence of the consumption function
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ISBN: 0745000827 9780745000824 Year: 1987 Publisher: Brighton


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Les formes fonctionnelles flexibles dans l'analyse et l'estimation de systèmes de demande
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ISBN: 2870771576 Year: 1983 Volume: 152 Publisher: Louvain-la-Neuve Cabay


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La théorie des besoins chez Marx
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ISBN: 2264008598 9782264008596 Year: 1978 Volume: 1218 Publisher: Paris Union générale d'éditions


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Scroogenomics
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ISBN: 0691142645 9786612298301 1282935690 1400831253 9786612935695 1282298305 1400830745 9781400830749 9781282298309 9781400831258 9780691142647 6612935693 9781282935693 6612298308 Year: 2009 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

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Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster sweater from Grandma or the singing fish from Uncle Mike. How many of us get gifts we like? How many of us give gifts not knowing what recipients want? Did your cousin really look excited about that jumping alarm clock? Lively and informed, Scroogenomics illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste--to the shocking tune of eighty-five billion dollars each winter. Economist Joel Waldfogel provides solid explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. When we buy for ourselves, every dollar we spend produces at least a dollar in satisfaction, because we shop carefully and purchase items that are worth more than they cost. Gift giving is different. We make less-informed choices, max out on credit to buy gifts worth less than the money spent, and leave recipients less than satisfied, creating what Waldfogel calls "deadweight loss." Waldfogel indicates that this waste isn't confined to Americans--most major economies share in this orgy of wealth destruction. While recognizing the difficulties of altering current trends, Waldfogel offers viable gift-giving alternatives. By reprioritizing our gift-giving habits, Scroogenomics proves that we can still maintain the economy without gouging our wallets, and reclaim the true spirit of the holiday season.

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