Base consumption levels and fixed costs

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 108
Issue: 2
Pages: 222-224

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Conditioning variables on consumer choices are conventionally included in demand functions additively. We identify the underlying utility maximisation problem. There must be base consumption levels efficiently set which vary with the conditioning variables. A special case is quasi-homothetic preferences.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:2:p:222-224
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29