Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64686 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
cemmap working paper No. CWP03/12
Publisher: 
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap), London
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 auxiliary 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.
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Working Paper

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