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The Propensity to Consume

Elizabeth W. Gilboy

Harvard University Press

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1938

I. The Distribution of Income, 121.— II. Statistical Evidence on the Relation between Income and Expenditure: the Brookings study, 123; Lough's study, 124; Zimmerman's findings, 125; the Consumer Purchase data for Chicago, Denver and Providence, 125; for villages in New England and the Middle West, 129; for small cities, 129; for farm operators, 134.— Data for occupational groups, 134.— Kaplan's analysis, 134.— Definition of savings, 135.— Inferences concerning Mr. Keynes' psychological law, 135.— III. The Psychological Basis, 138.— Conclusion, 140.

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10.2307/1884110
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53 (1)
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120
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