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reduction in some countries have not been the accelerator sufficient for the global recovery. The general level of demand is low … demand, as well as the options available for removal of those causes and revitalization of the effects. One of the main … causes of decrease in demand in a long run is the asymmetrical distribution of income which has led to a reduction in …
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aggregate demand, including consumption of the population, finance companies and state protectionism. …
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This paper studies the demand for a distinction good - the prestige car - and examines how this demand for distinction …. These two examples help us to articulate two polar approaches to the demand for distinction: distinction through antiquity … and distinction through novelty. The paper sets out a model of the demand for distinction, and uses it to describe two …
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This paper proposes to explain why there are so many guests in African households and to determine the consequences on individual behaviors. The starting point is the assumption that there exists, in traditional societies, a norm, together with a system of sanctions, which states that within the...
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subsidies on energy consumption. In this paper we analyze a panel of cross-country data to explore the responsiveness of energy … consumption to changes in energy prices and the implications of our findings for the debate on energy subsidy reform. Our findings … indicate a long-term price elasticity of energy demand between -0.3 and -0.5, which suggests that countries can reap …
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policy increasingly weighs on government finances, sustains energy over-consumption, dampens investment in delivery systems … are politically unpopular. Through estimation of household demand functions by income quintiles to evaluate the …
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study of the social relationships of production, distribution, accumulation and consumption, among social classes with …
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