Additive Utility Functions and Linear Engel Curves.

If an individual's utility function is additive and his demand functions exhibit expenditure proportionality, it is well known that his utility function belongs to the "Bergson family". For some problems (e.g., deriving a consumption function from an intertemporal utility function) expenditure propo...

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Published in:	Review of Economic Studies Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 401 - 415
Main Author:	Pollak, Robert A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Oct71
Subjects:	Consumption (Economics) Utility functions Elasticity (Economics) Income Demand function Lorenz curve Phillips curve Economic demand
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