Estimation of Large Consumer Demand Systems

该研究将试图解决与估计消费者需求有关的许多问题。这项研究将包括设法分离出大多数价格平行变动时价格变化的影响，将国家消费趋势的信息与几年来个人消费的信息结合起来的改进方法，更好地估计个人商品支出的方法，特别是当一些商品不经常购买时（即汽车），以及建立家庭内部消费决定和行为的模型。这项研究将使用复杂的计量经济学技术。

Arthur Lewbel Brandeis University SBR-9514977 The research will attempt to solve many of the problems associated with estimating consumer demand. Included in the research will be an attempt to separate out the effect of changing prices when most prices move in parallel, a refinement for combining information from national consumption trends with information for some years on individuals' consumption, better methods for estimating expenditures on individual goods, particularly when some goods are bought infrequently (i.e. automobiles), and modeling of intrahousehold consumption decisions and behaviors. Sophisticated econometric techniques will be used in this research.