The Law of Demand When Income Is Price Dependent

We identify sufficient conditions which guarantee that aggregate demand is approximately linear in income and satisfies a restricted form of the law of demand in a market where income is price dependent. The conditions involve the way preferences are distributed: loosely speaking, preferences have t...

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Publié dans:Econometrica. - Wiley. - 65(1997), 6, Seite 1421-1442
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 1997
Accès à la collection:Econometrica
Sujets:The law of demand homothetic transformations exchange economies production economies heterogeneity Engel curves Economics Business