The Distance Function in Consumer Behaviour with Applications to Index Numbers and Optimal Taxation

DOI10.2307/2297009zbMath0429.90005OpenAlexW2085287702MaRDI QIDQ3867500

Angus Deaton

Publication date: 1979

Published in: The Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2297009

zbMATH Keywords

index numbersexpenditure functionoptimal taxationdistance functionconsumer behaviordirect utility functionRamsey ruleconstant utility quantity indexquantity-reference utility index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Group preferences (91B10) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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