This volume is mainly concerned with methods of estimating income elasticity. It is connected with economic development that can be achieved by reducing income inequality, a highly relevant subject in today's world for a wide range of policy areas.

Preliminaries -- and Overview -- Demand Theory Under Review -- Quantile Regression: A Robust Alternative to Least Squares -- Analyses of Data from BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys -- Description of Data Used from the Ongoing BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys -- Stability of U.S. Consumption...

This study contributes to the economic discounting debate by examining the welfare and policy implications of distorted time preferences for private investments. The analysis is applied to the energy industry, where it is of particular importance. In the transition to low-carbon energy...

This book is intended as a textbook for a course in behavioral economics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who have already learned basic economics. The book will also be useful for introducing behavioral economics to researchers. Unlike some general audience books that discuss...

Part I Intergenerational Interactions -- 1 An equilibrium model of child maltreatment (Akabayashi).-2 Tough Love and Intergenerational Altruism (Bhatt, Ogaki) -- Part II Behavioral Macroeconomics.-3 Consumer interdependence via reference groups (Hayakawa, Venieris, Yiannis) -- 4 Bounded...

Ausgewählte DEA-Modelle: CCR-Modell und BCC-Modell -- Stochastische Effizienzkonzepte -- Entwicklung einer stochastischen Dienstleistungsaktivität -- DEA-Technologiemengen für stochastische Produktionen -- Chance-Constrained Technologiemenge.

Dieses fundierte Lehrbuch führt umfassend und praxisrelevant in die statistische Methodenlehre für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studiengänge ein. Verfahren der Deskriptiven Statistik, der Explorativen Datenanalyse, der Stochastik, der Induktiven Statistik sowie der Multivariaten Statistik...

Die Bedeutung von Derivaten für Anleger auf Finanzmärkten nimmt zu. Gleichzeitig wird es immer wichtiger, bei der Entscheidung über Kauf und Verkauf derartiger Titel die Unsicherheit der zukünftigen Preisentwicklung zu berücksichtigen. Die Annahmen, die den bei der Analyse derartiger...

This book presents the latest findings on stochastic dynamic programming models and on solving optimal control problems in networks. It includes the authors’ new findings on determining the optimal solution of discrete optimal control problems in networks and on solving game variants of Markov...