An empirical Study of consumption pattern at disaggregate level

Mukund Kumar

ISBN 10: 384338536X / ISBN 13: 9783843385367

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mai 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Empirical studies on consumption patterns always explain some important insights about consumer demand through highlighting their changing habits and preferences. As economic growth takes place, the consumer's preferences change accordingly with the increasing monetary as well as real income. A significant increase in the per capita total consumer expenditure (proxy for total income) has been noted in India both at current and constant prices. This increase in per capita income of Indian consumers will lead them to change the consumption of food items. However direction of change in the consumption can only be found if we know the Engel's elasticity for different food items for Indian consumers. The present study makes an attempt to estimate the most accurate Engel elasticity of food items in India by using different demand models. The aggregate level data often provides some misleading information about the consumers' preferences. Therefore in present study we have used the disaggregate level data for estimating the Engel elasticity.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 84 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An empirical Study of consumption pattern at disaggregate level
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Mai 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 384338536X
• ISBN 13: 9783843385367
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 6D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 143 grams

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Synopsis

Empirical studies on consumption patterns always explain some important insights about consumer demand through highlighting their changing habits and preferences. As economic growth takes place, the consumer's preferences change accordingly with the increasing monetary as well as real income. A significant increase in the per capita total consumer expenditure (proxy for total income) has been noted in India both at current and constant prices. This increase in per capita income of Indian consumers will lead them to change the consumption of food items. However direction of change in the consumption can only be found if we know the Engel's elasticity for different food items for Indian consumers. The present study makes an attempt to estimate the most accurate Engel elasticity of food items in India by using different demand models. The aggregate level data often provides some misleading information about the consumers' preferences. Therefore in present study we have used the disaggregate level data for estimating the Engel elasticity.

About the Author

Mr Mukund Kumar is a management researcher cum faculty member at ICFAI University Dehradun pursuing PhD in the area of consumption pattern. The latest degree awarded to him is the MPhil in management. He has got two international and two national publications in well reputed journals under his hat.