Ernst Engel's Law of Expenditures for Food

Carle C. Zimmerman

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1932, vol. 47, issue 1, 78-101

Abstract: Erroneous statements of the law, 78.— The correct version, 79.— The validity of the law: theoretical considerations, 86; the conclusions to be drawn from the facts, 87.— Reasons for these results, 95.— Implications of the study, 100.— Conclusion, 101.

Date: 1932
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