The traditional Hicks-Allen theory was presented and modified
by (1) formulating the consumer's budget constraint with a weak
inequality, (2) deriving the Slutsky equation in matrix notation and
(3) demonstrating that the income and substitution effects could be
derived directly from the partial derivatives of the consumer's
demand functions. Two...
The primary purpose of this thesis is to offer a geometric
interpretation of substitutable, independent, and complementary
commodities in consumption. The definitions of these concepts have
been controversial. In this thesis, Hicks' definitions are adopted. As these definitions are dependent on properties of the substitution effect term in the Slutsky...
The purpose of this study is to comprehend food demand
structure and its changes under rapid economic development
theoretically and statistically. The recently developed Far
East Asian countries, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan were chosen
to obtain implications for the food demand patterns in the
future industrialized countries around the world....
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The relationships between types of wealth components and consumption
expenditures were investigated as a means of better understanding retired
elderly household well-being. Specifically, the concept of mental account was
used to identify the characteristics of different types of wealth components, and
four mental accounts were identified: flow of investment, current...
This thesis examines the representation of consumer culture in Fight Club within the context of Frederic Jameson's theory of postmodernism. I propose that the film represents consumer culture as a totalizing system. This representation is evident in the setting of the film and in the Narrator's attempt to escape from...
