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empirical analysis of consumption behavior for selected European economies

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Date Issued:
1988
Summary:
This thesis first outlines the main theoretical approaches to the consumption function, such as the Absolute Income Hypothesis, the Relative Income Hypothesis, the Life-Cycle Hypothesis and the Permanent Income Hypothesis. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of expectations for consumption behavior and presents an econometric specification of the consumption function, utilizing the adaptive and rational expectations formation mechanisms. Important empirical issues regarding the inclusion of other determinants of consumption are also discussed. Finally, an econometric analysis of consumption for Greece, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom is presented.
Title: An empirical analysis of consumption behavior for selected European economies.
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Name(s): Lyroudi, Katerina.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Manage, Neela D., Thesis advisor
College of Business
Department of Economics
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1988
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 81 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This thesis first outlines the main theoretical approaches to the consumption function, such as the Absolute Income Hypothesis, the Relative Income Hypothesis, the Life-Cycle Hypothesis and the Permanent Income Hypothesis. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of expectations for consumption behavior and presents an econometric specification of the consumption function, utilizing the adaptive and rational expectations formation mechanisms. Important empirical issues regarding the inclusion of other determinants of consumption are also discussed. Finally, an econometric analysis of consumption for Greece, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom is presented.
Identifier: 14444 (digitool), FADT14444 (IID), fau:11244 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Business
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1988.
Subject(s): Consumption (Economics)--Europe
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