Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XIII
4. PART I. PRELIMINARIES
5. INTRODUCTION 3
6. 1. INTRODUCTION 5
7. 2. THE THEORIES 17
8. PART II. PREVIOUS TESTS
9. INTRODUCTION 57
10. 3. FRIEDMAN'S TESTS 59
11. 4. OTHER PREVIOUS TESTS, I 92
12. 5. OTHER PREVIOUS TESTS, II 142
13. 6. INTERNATIONAL TESTS 196
14. PART III. TIME SERIES REGRESSIONS 203
15. INTRODUCTION 205
16. 7. TIME SERIES CONSUMPTION FUNCTIONS NOT STRESSING WEALTH 210
17. 8. TIME SERIES CONSUMPTION FUNCTIONS STRESSING WEALTH 223
18. 9. AGGREGATE TIME SERIES REGRESSIONS 235
19. PART IV. PERMANENT INCOME PROXIES
20. INTRODUCTION 253
21. 10. OCCUPATION AND CONSUMPTION 259
22. 11. CONSUMPTION AND RACE 272
23. 12. LOCATION AND CONSUMPTION 283
24. PART V. OTHER CROSS-SECTION TESTS
25. INTRODUCTION 299
26. 13. SOME TESTS WITH FIVE-YEAR BUDGETS 300
27. 14. LONG-RUN BUDGETS 323
28. 15. THE DISTRIBUTION OF NET WORTH 335
29. 16. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 347
30. APPENDIXES 357
31. INDEX 403