Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1992. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

The traditional Hicks-Allen theory was presented and modified by (1) formulating the consumer's budget constraint with a weak inequality, (2) deriving the Slutsky equation in matrix notation and (3) demonstrating that the income and substitution effects could be derived directly from the partial derivatives of the consumer's demand functions. Two examples of human behavior in the commodity markets were presented, which refute the Hicks-Allen theory. Conceptualizing these examples and similar ones into an economic theory of consumer behavior was the objective of the inquiry. The Hicks-Allen concept of the consumer's utility function was modified by including a set of variables to represent the state of the consumer's environment, These variables were then constrained to imposed levels which were assumed beyond detectable influence by the individual consumer. The traditional problems of (1) determining the consumer's optimal budget, (2) determining the rates at which the consumer adjusts his purchases in response to the determinants of his demands, (3) classifying commodities and inter-commodity relationships, were re-examined. The results were: (1) The consumer's demand functions contain a set of variables representing the imposed state of his environment, (2) The consumer's rates of adjusting his optimal purchases contain additional influences in response to changes in the imposed state of his environment, and (3) An economic classification was proposed for the components of the consumer's environment. To demonstrate the proposed modification a numerical example was given depicting a consumer choosing his optimal budget in a two commodity market contained in a one dimensional environment. The proposed modification was subjected to critical scrutiny and its testability was discussed. Two classes of problems, (a) relating the individual's decisions of how much or how he will utilize any portion of his environment, and (b) determining any economic value for the environment, are not rendered intelligible or comprehensible with the proposed modification. Two classes of problems for further inquiry were suggested, (a) metaphysical problems of demarcating an individual's consumption and his use of an item from his environment, and (b) reformulating the theory of production and the theory of equilibrium price determination along the same lines as the proposed modification. The proposed modification of the Hicks-Allen theory and the method used to analyze the effects of this modification represent the contributions made by this inquiry. / Graduation date: 1970

Habilitationsschrift-Mainz. / Bibliography: p. 163-172.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1925. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1929. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-229).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: leaves 139-141.

Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2006. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-62). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1974. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-183).

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