Non-Parametric Tests of Consumer Behaviour

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1983Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:The Review of Economic Studies, volume 50, page 99 (issn: 0034-6527,

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Authors: Varian, Hal R.;

doi: 10.2307/2296957

Non-Parametric Tests of Consumer Behaviour

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Abstract

Summary: This paper shows how to test demand data for consistency with maximization, homotheticity, various forms of separability, and a rationing model without making any assumptions concerning the parametric form of underlying demand or utility functions.

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Keywords

maximization, consistency, noparametric tests, Consumer behavior, demand theory, separability, demand data, consumer behaviour, Group preferences, homotheticity, Nonparametric hypothesis testing, Applications of statistics to economics

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