Proceedings of the Conference on Consumption and Saving, Volumes 1 and 2 / / ed. by Robert Jones, Irwin Friend.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ando, Albert,; Bodkin, Ronald,; Brady, Dorothy S.,; Clark, Faith,; Crockett, Jean,; Daniere, Andre L.,; Denison, Edward F.,; Duesenberry, J. S.,; Eisner, Robert,; Ferber, Robert,; Friedman, Milton,; Friend, Irwin,; Friend, lrwin,; Garvy, George,; Gilboy, Elizabeth W.,; Haldi, John,; Hamburg, Morris,; Houthakker, H. S.,; Jaszi, George,; Jones, Robert,; Klein, L. R.,; Kravis, Irving B.,; Kravis, Irving,; Lamale, Helen Humes,; Lippett, Vernon,; Lippitt, Vernon G.,; Mack, Ruth P.,; Maisel, Sherman J.,; Mincer, Jacob,; Miner, Jerry,; Modigliani, Franco,; Morgan, James,; Murray, Janet,; Okun, Arthur M.,; Orcutt, Guy H.,; Peters, William S.,; Reid, Margaret G.,; Schor, Stanley,; Tobin, James,; Watts, Harold W.,; Winnick, Louis,; Zellner, Arnold,
• HerausgeberIn: Friend, Irwin,; Jones, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1008 p.)
• Other title: TABLE OF CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; Part l. General Consumer Demand Relations --; A COMPLETE SET OF CONSUMER DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS --; THE SPECIFICATION OF EMPIRICAL CONSUMPTION STRUCTURES --; QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CLOTHING PURCHASES IN RELATION TO IN COME AND PRICE --; COMMENTS --; REJOINDER --; Part 2. Durable Goods --; HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT IN AUTOMOBILES: AN INTERTEMPORAL CROSS-SECTION ANALYSIS --; DETERMINANTS OF CONSUMER DEMAND FOR HOUSE FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT --; A COVARIANCE ANALYSIS OF LOCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN FURNITURE - HOME FURNISHINGS EXPENDITURES --; REJOINDER AND SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS --; Part 3. Nondurable Goods and Services --; DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS FOR FOOD --; DEMAND FOR CLOTHING --; FAMILY HOUSING EXPENDITURES: ELUSIVE LAWS AND INTRUSIVE VARIANCES --; SERVICE EXPENDITURES AT MID-CENTURY --; Frontmatter --; Part 4. General Saving Relations: Permanent lncome and other Theories --; CONSUMER EXPENDITURES AND THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT --; THE "PERMANENT INCOME" AND THE "LIFE CYCLE" HYPOTHESIS OF SAVING BEHAVIOR: COMPARISON AND TESTS --; WINDFALL INCOME AND CONSUMPTION --; BIASES IN ESTIMATING INCOME-EXPENDITURE REGRESSIONS FROM CROSS SECTION DATA --; Part 5. Specific Aspects of Saving Behavior --; WHO SAVES? --; ENTREPRENEURIAL SAVING --; THE CONCEPT OF SAVING --; Part 6. Income, Debt and Methodology --; RELATIVE IN COME SHARES IN F ACT AND THEORY --; CONSUMER PERSONAL DEBT: AN INTER-TEMPORAL CROSS -SECTION ANALYSIS --; METHODOLOGY AND APPRAISAL OF CONSUMER EXPENDITURE STUDIES --; GENERAL COMMENTS ON CONFERENCE. BASIC ELEMENTS OF A GENERAL MODEL OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512818444; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512818444
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Robert Jones, Irwin Friend.

These two volumes, bound together, represent the papers, comments, and rejoinders presented at the Conference on Consumption and Saving held 30-31 March 1959 at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. The first volume is devoted to an analysis of consumption behavior with a primary focus of attention on the determinants of the major categories of consumption. The second volume is devoted to an analysis of saving behavior.