Consumer behaviour

This paper analyses the likely implications of the temporary cut in VAT in the UK to 15 per cent, with a return to 17.5 per cent in place for the end of 2009.

This paper concerns the likely impact of a temporary VAT cut stimulus policy on consumer demand in the UK.

This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of detailed spending data, collected in surveys of households using barcode scanners.

This study evaluates an intervention in the dairy subsector by an Indian livelihood promotion institution.

This paper documents the potential and actual savings that consumers realize from four particular types of purchasing behavior: purchasing on sale; buying in bulk (at a lower per unit price); buying generic brands; and choosing outlets.

This paper looks at evidence as to whether expanding preschool education provides work incentives for mothers.

We look at the impact the government's cut in the VAT rate could have on people's spending.

This paper looks at how best to cope with measurement in error survey responses.

This paper builds a unifying framework that, within the theory of intertemporal consumption choices, brings together the limited participation -based explanation of the poor empirical performance of the C-CAPM and the transaction costs-based explanation of incomplete portfolios.

We study noncooperative household models with two agents and several voluntarily contributed public goods.

This paper concerns the decomposition of income risk into permanent and transitory components using repeated cross-section data on income and consumption.