Abstract
ADIn this dissertation I estimate the parameters of a specific joint relative frequency function of consumer demand and planned income proffered by R. L. Basmann. This is accomplished by assuming as specific linkage hypotheses that theoretical and actual magnitudes are equal at their means. The hypothesis that variations in the parameters of per capita demand functions can be accounted for by variations of per capita to ta l expenditure is tested under pre established test criteria, where per capita demand functions are the mathematical expectations of the marginal distribution of commodity demands. The parameters of the theoretical marginal distribution of income are estimated by equating it to the empirical distribution by the method of moments. The parameters of a consumption function are then estimated and linked with the estimates obtained for the income distribution function and per capita demand functions, thus obtaining estimates for all of the parameters in the joint relative frequency function proffered by R. L. Basmann.D ABSTRACT
Stecher, Edwin Lee (1978). An empirical estimation of the parameters of the joint relative frequency function of consumer demand and planned income for the United States, 1952-75. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -323553.