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The Collective Model of Household Consumption: A Nonparametric Characterization

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Laurens Cherchye
Bram De Rock
Frederic Vermeulen

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We provide a nonparametric characterization of a general collective model for household consumption, which includes externalities and public consumption. Next, we establish testable necessary and sufficient conditions for data consistency with collective rationality that only include observed price and quantity information. These conditions have a similar structure as the generalized axiom of revealed preference for the unitary model, which is convenient from a testing point of view. In addition, we derive the minimum number of goods and observations that enable the rejection of collectively rational household behavior. Copyright The Econometric Society 2007.

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Volume (Year): 75 (2007)
Issue (Month): 2 (03)
Pages: 553-574
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  6. Laurens Cherchye & Frederic Vermeulen, 2003. "Nonparametric Analysis of Household Labour Supply: Goodness-of-Fit and Power of the Unitary and the Collective Model," Public Economics Working Paper Series ces0302, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Cherchye, Laurens & De Rock, Bram & Vermeulen, Frederic, 2006. "Analyzing cost efficient production behavior under economies of scope : a nonparametric methodology," Discussion Paper 81, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Laurens Cherchye & Frederic Vermeulen, 2003. "Nonparametric Analysis of Household Labour Supply: Goodness-of-Fit and Power of the Unitary and the Collective Model," Public Economics Working Paper Series ces0302, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Laurens Cherchye & Bram De Rock & Frederic Vermeulen, 2005. "Opening the Black Box of Intra-Household Decision-Making: Theory and Non-Parametric Empirical Tests of General Collective Consumption Models," IZA Discussion Papers 1603, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  4. Deb, Rahul, 2008. "Interdependent Preferences, Potential Games and Household Consumption," MPRA Paper 6818, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  5. Cherchye, L. & Rock, B. de & Vermeulen, F.M.P., 2008. "Economic Well-Being and Poverty Among the Elderly: An Analysis Based on a Collective Consumption Model," Discussion Paper 2008-15, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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