Economics and Consumer Behavior - Softcover

Deaton, Angus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521296765 ISBN 13: 9780521296762

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1980

Synopsis

The book focuses on applications of the duality theory to welfare economics and econometric analysis.

About this title

About the Authors

Angus Deaton is Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs in the Department of Economics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of many books, including The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (2013). In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare.

John Muellbauer is Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. He is a CEPR Research Fellow and a Fellow of the British Academy, the Econometric Society and the European Economic Association. In addition to his many academic affiliations, he has also been a consultant to the Bank of England, HM Treasury and the UK Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

From the Back Cover

The book begins with four chapters that provide a self-contained presentation of the basic theory and its use in applied econometrics. These chapters also include elementary extensions of the theory to labor supply, durable goods, the consumption function, and rationing. The rest of book is divided into three parts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521296765
• ISBN 13: 9780521296762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 466