Consumer Demand Systems and Household Equivalence Scales

Handbook of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 155-185

  Lewbel, Arthur ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand system specification; Demand systems; Demands for goods; Dynamics; Empirical studies; Engel curves and rank; Equivalence scale identification; Estimate demand systems; Estimates; Estimation issues; Inequality constraints; Interpretation; Measurement error, endogeneity, and nonstationarity; Modeling demographic variation; Nonparametric demand systems; Semiparametric; Separability and grouping goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044966886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631216339.1999.00005.x     Document Type: Chapter

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