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Estimating and testing preferences for consumption, work hours and savings using the PSID, the profit function and the true dynamic budget constraint

Chin, William - EconWPA - 2003

profit function rationalizing consumption, labor supply and savings is specified, estimated and used to test commonly … maintained separability hypotheses. Both consumption- labor and time separability are rejected. Cross-price Frisch elasticities … are found not to equal zero and this in turns affects all estimates of consumption, labor supply and saving elasticities. …

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Work Arrangements in the Australian Meat Processing Industry

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

This report examines selected work arrangements and assesses their implications for the performance of meat processing enterprises. The effects on employees are also considered, and the scope to achieve further necessary change is analysed. The study has drawn on information obtained from...

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Beyond macro variables: consumer confidence index and household expenditure in Hungary

Vadas, Gabor - EconWPA - 2005

future consumption and savings. . Although the motion of the consumer confidence index is of interest to both policymakers … consumption expenditure of Hungarian households. Our results suggest that, in addition to macro variables, the consumer confidence …

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Buying Organic Food in France : Shopping Habits and Trust

Sirieix, Lucie; Schaer, Brigitte - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we attempt to compare the responses of consumers and professionals to questions related to organic food retailing, in order to highlight the differences and the similarities of viewpoints between them and to understand the links between consumer perception of organic food and the...

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Measuring Variability Factors in Consumer Values for Profit Optimization in a Firm – A Framework for Analysis

Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2004

Consumer value may be defined as a tool to measure the prolonged satisfaction and an on-going propensity to buy the product and services. Though there are many issues floating in an on-going debate about the consumer value, it may be argued that the consumer value in terms of the level of...

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Consumer Perspectives of Brand Extension Effects : Information Analysis Determining the Consumer Behaviour Patterns

Rajagopal - EconWPA - 2004

Brands are successful because people prefer them to ordinary products. In addition to the psychological factors already mentioned, brands give consumers the means whereby they can make choices and judgments. The secret to successful branding is to influence the decisions the way in which...

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