consumption and social marginalization, the latter is characterized by a weak need for further consumption and satisfactory …-reported economic satisfaction is regressed on yearly consumption of food and non-food commodities. The predictions of the model are … confirmed in the case of food consumption, signalling the existence of physiological minima that are uniformly perceived by …

dataset of annual consumption in the 69 Italian provinces from 1871 to 1913, which is then used to estimate the demand for … considered, tobacco was a normal good in Italy: aggregate tobacco consumption increased with income. Subsequently, we consider … tentatively suggest that habit formation was a stronger factor in the persistence of consumption than physical addiction. The …

In this paper we present new estimates of the effect of households� financial and real wealth on consumption. The … wealth have a positive effect on consumption. Overall, the influence of net financial assets is stronger than that of real …

of the processes generating income, social security wealth, retirement and consumption behaviour of households, and …

Sample surveys providing high quality information on both total household expenditure (consumption) and income are not … information on both income and consumption. We combine this survey with the information coming from other surveys that are assumed … lower than the one relating to consumption. As a consequence, in the survey saving rates are likely to be overestimated. We …