The Internal Structure of U. S. Consumption Expenditures - Softcover

Taylor, Lester D. D.

 
9783319346502: The Internal Structure of U. S. Consumption Expenditures

Synopsis

With in-depth analysis of consumer spending and behavior in the United States, this study focuses on the interrelationships between differing spending categories, with revealing insights on how spending on transportation, for example, impacts on that for food.

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Usually, when we consider the information that is given in a household budget survey, we do so in terms of expenditures for different goods and services and how these relate to income, prices, and socio demographic factors such as age, family size, and education. Allocation of expenditures amongst different categories of consumption is seen as being determined by tastes and preferences acting in conjunction with a constraint imposed by prices and income. The parameters thus obtained are obviously useful in analyzing the impact on consumption resulting from changes in income and prices (should the latter be available), but income and price elasticities, in themselves, say little about the internal structure of consumption spending. How expenditures for housing, transportation, and personal care to pick three standard categories of consumption spending - are related to expenditures for food, for example, has never been a direct focus of empirical study. This book focuses on these relationships and provides insight into consumer behavior that complements and goes beyond that given by conventional price and income elasticities, making it of interest to students as well as economists in both government and academia concerned with consumer behavior.

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ISBN 10:  3319022245 ISBN 13:  9783319022246
Publisher: Springer, 2013
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