1st Edition

Functional Form And Utility A Review Of Consumer Demand Theory

By Arthur Goldberger Copyright 1988
134 Pages
by Routledge

133 Pages
by Routledge

133 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents a review of classical consumer demand theory, emphasizing the form of utility and demand functions. The theory is developed in general terms with reference to the linear expenditure system and with reference to alternative specifications of complete sets of demand functions.

1. Introduction 2. Classical consumer Demand Theory 3. Linear Expenditure System 4. Alternative Functional Forms 5. Supplementary Remarks

Biography

Arthur S. Goldberger is Vilas Research Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.