Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58691 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6266
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In the tradition of Afriat (1967), Diewert (1973) and Varian (1982), we provide a revealed preference characterisation of the representative consumer. Our results are simple and complement those of Gorman (1953, 1961), Samuelson (1956) and others. They can also be applied to data very readily and without the need for auxilliary parametric or statistical assumptions. We investigate the application of our characterisation by means of a balanced microdata panel survey. Our findings provide robust evidence against the existence of a representative consumer for our data.
Subjects: 
revealed preference
aggregation
Gorman polar form
GARP
JEL: 
D10
D30
D60
E10
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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