The effects of precautionary saving motives on (S,s) bands for home purchases
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In a buffer-stock model, the optimal policy for consumption of durable good follows an (S, s) rule, where the consumer's decision for purchase depends on both the anticipated risk of unemployment and the available stock of liquid assets. The model is tested by evaluating consistency of microeconomic data for home purchase with the relationship between income uncertainty, liquid assets and characteristics of the (S, s) bands.
Publication Name: Regional Science & Urban Economics
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0166-0462
Year: 2003
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Heterogeneous preferences and location choice with multi-product firms
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The beginnings of a theory of location choice by multiproduct forms of different sizes, in a market containing consumers with heterogeneous tastes are presented. It is found that multi--product firms disperse their products if consumer heterogeneity is low or distance between markets is high and that they adopt more dispersed locations than single-product firms to limit business stealing form their own outlets.
Publication Name: Regional Science & Urban Economics
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0166-0462
Year: 2004
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Competitive pressures on China: income inequality and migration
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The impacts of competitive pressures on income inequality and migration in China are examined. The functional and personal income streams of income distribution theory have been fused for the analysis.
Publication Name: Regional Science & Urban Economics
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0166-0462
Year: 2005
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