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Modelling Bourdieu : an extension of the Axelrod cultural diffusion model

Trigg, Andrew B. (contributor); … - 2008

provide an insight into how cultural capital is distributed. -- Bourdieu ; habitus ; cultural capital ; Axelrod ; inequality … developed by extending Axelrod's cultural diffusion model. Bourdieu's theory is decomposed into two components: a capital effect …The contribution to the social theory of consumption of the late Pierre Bourdieu has been widely recognized, but not …

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Natural Gas Consumption in Bolivia : A Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System Application

Monrroy, Mauricio Medinaceli - 2015

This document tries to quantify the possible impacts, on the natural gas consumption, of changes in the flat sale price, to the final consumer, for the natural gas distribution system in Bolivia, in particular, it was analyzed the progressivity of this policy on households from eight urban...

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Chapter 68 Models of Aggregate Economic Relationships that Account for Heterogeneity

Blundell, Richard; Stoker, Thomas M. - In: Handbook of econometrics : volume 6A, (pp. 4609-4666). 2007

This chapter covers recent solutions to aggregation problems in three application areas: consumer demand analysis, consumption growth and wealth, and labor participation and wages. Each area involves treatment of heterogeneity and nonlinearity at the individual level. Three types of...

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Revealed Statistical Consumer Theory

Allen, Roy - 2020

We investigate deterministic stochastic choice in the standard consumer framework. We present a model of statistical consumer theory where the individual maximizes their utility with respect to a distribution of bundles that is constrained by a statistic of the distribution (e.g. mean...

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Growth, distribution, and effective demand : alternatives to economic orthodoxy ; essays in honor of Edward J. Nell

Argyrous, George (ed.); Nell, Edward J. (honouree); … - 2004

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Chapter 14 Empirical Studies of Demand for the Performing Arts

Seaman, Bruce A. - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 415-472). 2006

While audience and participation surveys, as well as econometric demand studies, generally confirm that performing arts audiences are relatively elite, there are surprises. Education (despite conflicting causal interpretations) is a stronger determinant than income, but that evidence is more...

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