Consumer behaviour

The authors study the impact of financial education on intertemporal choice in adolescence, their findings suggesting that the effect of such educational programs is to increase comprehension and decrease bracketing in intertemporal choice.

We investigate necessary and sufficient nonparametric conditions for the quasi-hyperbolic consumer.

This paper evaluates a novel form of fiscal stimulus: a temporary cut in the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT).

We study the recent decline in dietary salt intake in the UK, and show that it was entirely attributable to product reformulation by firms.

This paper considers the income generated by cow or buffalo in the district of Anantapur, India and shows how drought affects returns.

This report is one of a series of research papers that form the final outputs from the independent evaluation of the recent changes to Local Housing Allowances (LHAs) and Housing Benefit in the private rented sector in Great Britain.

The authors examine the effects of suggestions made by charitable organisations, with a focus on middle-range donations which are relevant in practice.

In this paper, we develop a revealed preference methodology that allows us to explore whether time inconsistencies in household choice are the product of individual preference nonstationarities or the result of individual heterogeneity and renegotiation within the collective unit.

While house prices are on a general upward trend, exactly how fast house prices are increasing and whether they have attained their previous peak are less clear. This briefing note is designed to shed some light on these issues.

This paper presents a nonparametric analysis of a common class of intertemporal models of consumer choice that relax consumption independence.

This paper contributes to the debate regarding trends in consumption inequality in the United States. The authors present a new measure of consumption inequality based on the redesigned 1999–2011 PSID.

We review different ways in which data on consumer expenditures can be collected or captured