Includes index.

Measuring consumer preferences and estimating demand systems / William A. Barnett, Apostolos Serletis -- The GFT utility function / Robert L. Basmann, Kathy Hayes, Michael McAleer, Ian McCarthy, Daniel J. Slottje -- The normalized quadratic expenditure function / W. Erwin Diewert, Kevin J. Fox -- EASI made easier / Krishna Pendakur -- Cost of living indexes and exact index numbers / W. Erwin Diewert -- The revealed preference approach to demand / Laurens Cherchye, Ian Crawford, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen -- Developments in nonparametric demand analysis : heterogeneity and nonparametrics / Stefan Hoderlein -- Modelling international tourist arrivals and volatility : an application to Taiwan / Chia-Lin Chang, Michael McAleer, Daniel J. Slottje -- Estimating the demand for quality with discrete choice models / Daniel J. Phaneuf, Roger H. von Haefen -- The construction and estimation of equivalence scales and their uses / Carsten Schröder -- The use of restricted regressions in estimating demand systems / Joseph G. Hirschberg, Jeanette N. Lye, Daniel J. Slottje -- The almost ideal and translog demand systems / Matthew T. Holt, Barry K. Goodwin -- The differential approach to demand analysis and the Rotterdam model / William A. Barnett, Apostolos Serletis -- The generalized quadratic expenditure system / Jeffrey T. LaFrance, Rulon D. Pope -- Introduction / Daniel J. Slottje.

This volume presents straightforward, innovative research on the estimation of demand systems and the measurement of consumer preferences. Demand studies and understanding consumer behavior remain two of the most important areas of analysis by practicing applied economists and econometricians. This volume also offers state of the art research in demand analysis, using modern econometric tools to analyze consumer behavior and estimate demand relationships for well known demand systems. This book will be aimed at a broad audience of economists and other social scientists; including generalists, graduate students, private sector economists and others.