Direct Beschikbaar Understanding consumption – Angus Deaton

This book provides an overview of the recent research on saving and consumption, a field in which substantial progress has been made over the last decade.
Attempts by economists to understand saving and consumption patterns have generated some of the best science in economics. For more than fifty years, there has been serious empirical and theoretical activity, and data, theory, and policy have never been separated as has happened in many branches of economics. Research has drawn microeconomists interested i…