by Au Yeung Chi Wai, Alan, Choy Wai Shu, Vivian. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-49). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.v / CHAPTER / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Theory of Consumption with Income Uncertainty --- p.5 / Linear Moment Model --- p.7 / Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity Model --- p.9 / Specification Tests --- p.12 / Chapter III. --- SOME EVIDENCE ON THE RELEVANCE OF VARIANCE OF INCOME --- p.13 / Stationarity and Integration --- p.13 / Order of Integration of Income Series --- p.16 / Order of Integration of the Other Series --- p.18 / Cointegration Properties of the Series --- p.20 / The Influence of Income Uncertainty on Consumption --- p.23 / Chapter IV. --- LM AND ARCH ESTIMATIONS OF THE VARIANCE OF INCOME --- p.29 / Specification of the Income Equation --- p.29 / Estimation of the Variance of Income under the LM Model --- p.30 / Estimation of the Variance of Income under the ARCH Model --- p.31 / Comparison of LM Variance and ARCH Variance --- p.33 / Chapter V. --- THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION AND THE RELEVANCE OF INCOME UNCERTAINTY --- p.37 / Specification of the Consumption Equation --- p.37 / LM Variances in the Consumption Function --- p.38 / ARCH Variances in the Consumption Function --- p.39 / Specification Test for the Inclusion of the Variance of Income … --- p.39 / Consumption Function Using Alternative Variance Series --- p.40 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION --- p.44 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.47 / DATA SOURCES --- p.50 / APPENDIX A --- p.51 / APPENDIX B --- p.64

The issue of consumption pattern of luxury-bag has been concerned for a long time. The early researches of consumption pattern of luxury-bag, scholars studied on single consumption pattern of luxury-bag, it means, there is no research of many consumption patterns of luxury-bag in one time. So the author wants to compare the different consumption patterns of luxury-bag in consumption value, expecting that understanding the influencing factors between different consumers of purchasing patterns. There are two purposes in the research, 1. Make the radar charts in different consumption patterns of luxury-bag, and then according to the results give the suggestions of marketing. 2.Compare the different consumption patterns of luxury-bag in a single consumption value. By collecting and analyzing questionnaires, the results are that consumers with different patterns have different consumption value; people who purchase new luxury-bag have similar consumption value to people who purchase second-hand luxury-bag; people who purchase counterfeits pay much attention to social value; people who rent the luxury-bag pay much attention to condition value.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2009. / Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 52 p. : 1 ill. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008.

Habilitationsschrift--Bonn, 1971. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1987. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-137).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-195).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1989. / Also available in print.

In recent decades, individuals as well as businesses – mainly those living and operating within advanced capitalist systems – have become increasingly aware of the social context of production and, thus, of the impact consumption has on the environment, animals and other fellow humans. Such reflexivity is echoed both in spheres of production (e.g. corporate social responsibility policies) and consumption (e.g. labelling schemes such as fair-trade and organic). Under these conditions the ‘ethical consumer’ was born. While, however, the concepts of ethical and political consumption have been around for some time now, our understanding of what it really means to be ‘ethical’ as a consumer today is still very fuzzy. In contrast with previous studies which ascribe a priori certain meanings and criteria to the ethical consumer concept, this study follows a bottom-up approach that provides space for individuals to express their own views on ethical consumption. To cater for a deeper understanding of the phenomenon under investigation, the research is designed as a case study within a specific geographical location; Partick, Glasgow. This study makes use of primary data generated through 20 in-depth interviews with self-identified ethical consumers, 10 interviews and 15 questionnaires with managers of grocery shops operating in the area, as well as 112 questionnaires completed by the public in a street survey. The findings challenge our conventional understanding of ‘ethics’ in the context of consumption; being ethical as a consumer extends beyond simply purchasing ethically marketed products and services, to include various lifestyle choices. Consumers raised concerns about the degree and nature of change that conventional ethical consumption can achieve. Utilising insights from this research, the study draws a conceptual distinction between the “ethical Shopper” (representing the side of ethical consumption that is hegemonically market-driven) and the “ethical Consumer” (representing its creative, pro-active, agency-driven counterpart). It is suggested that the latter allows consumption as a tool for social change to reach its full potential, since it escapes the fabricated ‘ethics’ of the market. Feeding back to the theoretical frameworks of ethical and political consumption, this study highlights the class and taste bias built into the (very expensive) idealized model of ethical lifestyle and, thus, calls for the inclusion of different types of consumer action such as downshifting, file-sharing, or even collective shoplifting, which have been –until now – neglected.