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Research on Household Behaviour

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to survey the main empirical research of recent years on household behaviour. Although the emphasis is on empirical work, principal theoretical developments are also reviewed, partly because of their relevance to an understanding of current thinking in the field and partly to place the empirical studies in proper perspective.

The author is Research Professor of Economics, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, and Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Illinois. He would like to thank Margaret Reid, Marianne A. Ferber and Walter McMahon for their helpful comments. He would also like to express his appreciation to Anne Harper for assisting with the preparation of the bibliography on pp. 147–54.

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    Robert Ferber (Research Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics)

  2. Department of Economics, University of Illinois, USA

    Robert Ferber (Research Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics)

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Ferber, R. (1966). Research on Household Behaviour. In: Surveys of Economic Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00210-8_4

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