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Publication date: 18 April 2015

Studying the Balance of the National Economy: An Introduction (A Translation)

Pavel Illich Popov

This chapter offers the first full translation from Russian to English of the Balance of the National Economy of the USSR, 1924–26’s first chapter. Involving 12 authors…

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This chapter offers the first full translation from Russian to English of the Balance of the National Economy of the USSR, 1924–26’s first chapter. Involving 12 authors and composed of 21 chapters, the Balance is a collective work published in June 1926 in Moscow by the Soviet Central Statistical Administration under the scientific supervision of its former director, Pavel Illich Popov (1872–1950). In this first chapter, titled ‘Studying the Balance of the National Economy: An Introduction’, Popov set the theoretical foundations of what might be considered as the first modern national accounting system and paved the way to multisector macroeconometric modelling.

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A Research Annual
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-415420140000032020
ISBN: 978-1-78441-154-1

Keywords

  • Balance
  • national accounting
  • schema of reproduction
  • Soviet
  • planning
  • input–output tables
  • B14
  • B16
  • B24

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Publication date: 8 May 2018

Democratisation or individualisation? On the distribution of food consumption

Raluca Alexandra Necula and Stefan Mann

While economists are increasingly acknowledging the importance of distributional issues, the distribution of the consumption of food items has largely been neglected. The…

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While economists are increasingly acknowledging the importance of distributional issues, the distribution of the consumption of food items has largely been neglected. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that important insights can be obtained by analysing the distribution of consumption of food products within society.

Design/methodology/approach

This study was conducted by analysing food consumption in two very different countries: Romania, a middle-income country and Switzerland, one of the most prosperous countries in the world. In order to test the formulated hypotheses, consumption per capita was calculated, as a base for the calculation of the Gini coefficient of consumption for each product. A mixed effect model was applied for total food and for meat, computing the predictors for the variable “consumption distribution”.

Findings

Using the Gini coefficients of food and drink item consumption by Romanian and Swiss households, the authors tested the hypothesis that in prosperous middle-income countries the homogeneity of food consumption is growing over time as a sign of consumption democratisation, whereas in high-income countries a growing degree of individualisation is leading to decreasing homogeneity. For meat, the bifurcation of consumption patterns between vegetarians and hedonists leads to a growing Gini coefficient over time for both countries. The analysis controls for factors such as the products’ importance in the diet and their price.

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The paper approaches a new subject and raises a new research question that may be relevant for structural issues of contemporary society. Both the comparative analysis of food distribution in two different societies and their dynamics is a novelty.

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British Food Journal, vol. 120 no. 5
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-05-2017-0312
ISSN: 0007-070X

Keywords

  • Switzerland
  • Romania
  • Consumption distribution
  • Democratisation
  • Individualisation

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Publication date: 8 July 2020

Wealth and consumption inequality: an interquantile analysis

Juan Ignacio Martín-Legendre, Pablo Castellanos-García and José Manuel Sánchez-Santos

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the changes in wealth and consumption inequality in Spain and estimate the consumption effects of housing and financial wealth.

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the changes in wealth and consumption inequality in Spain and estimate the consumption effects of housing and financial wealth.

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The estimations are made using micro-data from the Spanish Survey of Household Finances (2002–2014) applying cross-section, panel and interquartile techniques.

Findings

The findings of this paper suggest that there was an increase in wealth inequality during the period under analysis and a reduction in consumption inequality. Also, the authors find a significant positive effect of wealth on consumer expenditure. Disaggregating by asset type, the value of the main residence is the category with the highest estimated effect on consumption, whereas the remaining types of assets, although still positive and generally significant, have more modest effects on consumption. However, the estimated coefficients and their significance can change substantially depending on the phase of the economic cycle and the position of the household in the income distribution.

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These results provide new empirical evidence on the effects of household wealth changes on their consumption behavior, the differences depending on the household's position in the distribution and the fluctuations of these estimated coefficients throughout a period of profound economic upheavals.

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Applied Economic Analysis, vol. 28 no. 83
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AEA-04-2020-0026
ISSN: 2632-7627

Keywords

  • Inequality
  • Consumption
  • Survey data
  • Wealth effect
  • Interquartile regressions
  • D31
  • E21

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Publication date: 3 September 2018

Food consumption among income classes and its response to changes in income distribution in rural China

Yanjun Ren, Yanjie Zhang, Jens-Peter Loy and Thomas Glauben

Given the fact that the income disparity has become extremely severe in rural China, the purpose of this paper is to examine heterogeneity in food consumption among…

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Given the fact that the income disparity has become extremely severe in rural China, the purpose of this paper is to examine heterogeneity in food consumption among various income classes and to investigate the impact of changes in income distribution patterns on food demand in rural China.

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, the authors partition the households into five income classes according to the distribution of household per capita net income. Using household data drawn from the China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2011, a two-stage demand model is applied to estimate a food demand system for each of the income classes. After obtaining the estimated income elasticities of eight studied food groups for each income class, the authors then examine the responsiveness of food demand to the changes in income distribution by means of four scenarios with varying income distribution.

Findings

The empirical results indicate that substantial differences in food consumption exist across various income classes. Specifically, the lowest-income households are more sensitive to price and income changes for most studied food groups than the highest-income households are. In general, income responsiveness is higher for meats, aquatic products and dairy products. Based on estimated income elasticities, the projected food consumption under different income distribution patterns shows that changes in income distribution have significant influences on food consumption. In addition, the authors conclude that a more equal distribution of income would be associated with a higher demand for food in rural China.

Originality/value

This paper employs a two-stage demand model to estimate food demand in rural China by income classes. The results imply substantial differences in food demand for various income classes. Therefore, income distribution should be taken into account instead of an average estimation for the population as a whole when investigating food demand in rural China. Given the significant changes in income distribution in rural China, this study provides several important policy implications to alleviate income inequality and poverty, as well as to improve nutrition for lower-income classes.

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China Agricultural Economic Review, vol. 10 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-08-2014-0079
ISSN: 1756-137X

Keywords

  • Rural China
  • Food demand
  • Expenditure elasticity
  • Price elasticity
  • Income distribution

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Publication date: 20 October 2015

Integrated Supply Chain Model for Sustainable Manufacturing: A System Dynamics Approach

Mohammad Shamsuddoha

Contemporary literature reveals that, to date, the poultry livestock sector has not received sufficient research attention. This particular industry suffers from…

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Contemporary literature reveals that, to date, the poultry livestock sector has not received sufficient research attention. This particular industry suffers from unstructured supply chain practices, lack of awareness of the implications of the sustainability concept and failure to recycle poultry wastes. The current research thus attempts to develop an integrated supply chain model in the context of poultry industry in Bangladesh. The study considers both sustainability and supply chain issues in order to incorporate them in the poultry supply chain. By placing the forward and reverse supply chains in a single framework, existing problems can be resolved to gain economic, social and environmental benefits, which will be more sustainable than the present practices.

The theoretical underpinning of this research is ‘sustainability’ and the ‘supply chain processes’ in order to examine possible improvements in the poultry production process along with waste management. The research adopts the positivist paradigm and ‘design science’ methods with the support of system dynamics (SD) and the case study methods. Initially, a mental model is developed followed by the causal loop diagram based on in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observation techniques. The causal model helps to understand the linkages between the associated variables for each issue. Finally, the causal loop diagram is transformed into a stock and flow (quantitative) model, which is a prerequisite for SD-based simulation modelling. A decision support system (DSS) is then developed to analyse the complex decision-making process along the supply chains.

The findings reveal that integration of the supply chain can bring economic, social and environmental sustainability along with a structured production process. It is also observed that the poultry industry can apply the model outcomes in the real-life practices with minor adjustments. This present research has both theoretical and practical implications. The proposed model’s unique characteristics in mitigating the existing problems are supported by the sustainability and supply chain theories. As for practical implications, the poultry industry in Bangladesh can follow the proposed supply chain structure (as par the research model) and test various policies via simulation prior to its application. Positive outcomes of the simulation study may provide enough confidence to implement the desired changes within the industry and their supply chain networks.

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Sustaining Competitive Advantage Via Business Intelligence, Knowledge Management, and System Dynamics
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1069-09642015000022B003
ISBN: 978-1-78560-707-3

Keywords

  • Sustainable manufacturing
  • supply chain
  • system dynamics
  • poultry industry
  • production processes
  • waste management

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Publication date: 13 April 2011

Consumption and Income Poverty Over the Business Cycle

Bruce D. Meyer and James X. Sullivan

We examine the relationship between the business cycle and poverty for the period from 1960 to 2008 using income data from the Current Population Survey and consumption…

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We examine the relationship between the business cycle and poverty for the period from 1960 to 2008 using income data from the Current Population Survey and consumption data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey. This new evidence on the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and poverty is of particular interest, given recent changes in antipoverty policies that have placed greater emphasis on participation in the labor market and in-kind transfers. We look beyond official poverty, examining alternative income poverty and consumption poverty, which have conceptual and empirical advantages as measures of the well-being of the poor. We find that both income and consumption poverty are sensitive to macroeconomic conditions. A 1 percentage point increase in unemployment is associated with an increase in the after-tax income poverty rate of 0.9–1.1 percentage points in the long run, and an increase in the consumption poverty rate of 0.3–1.2 percentage points in the long run. The evidence on whether income is more responsive to the business cycle than consumption is mixed. Income poverty does appear to be more responsive using national level variation, but consumption poverty is often more responsive to unemployment when using regional variation. Low percentiles of both income and consumption are sensitive to macroeconomic conditions, and in most cases, low percentiles of income appear to be more responsive than low percentiles of consumption.

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Who Loses in the Downturn? Economic Crisis, Employment and Income Distribution
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-9121(2011)0000032005
ISBN: 978-0-85724-749-0

Keywords

  • Poverty
  • Business Cycles
  • Unemployment
  • Consumption
  • Income

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Publication date: 1 March 1986

The Distribution of On‐Licence Beer and Cider Consumption and its Personality Determinants among Young Men

John F. Allsopp

Projects that personality is an important determinant of consumption of beer and cider along with age, sex and social class. Identifies an extensive programme of…

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Projects that personality is an important determinant of consumption of beer and cider along with age, sex and social class. Identifies an extensive programme of personality research in this study, and goes on to complete a study of 18‐21 year old males to test predictions, based on Eysenck's theory and this is based in England and compared to most other countries with regard to nationalism and cultures. Concludes that the highest consuming group is 18‐24 year olds, which has a per capita consumption 2.7 times higher than the lowest group ‐ the over‐50's. Suggests that the results herein show the study of personality is likely to be of great importance in understanding individual differences in patterns of drinks market consumption.

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European Journal of Marketing, vol. 20 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004641
ISSN: 0309-0566

Keywords

  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Brewery trade
  • Drink industry
  • United Kingdom

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Publication date: 12 December 2007

Inequality in the creation of environmental harm: looking for answers from within

Lisa M. Berry

To date, many environmental policy discussions consider inequalities between groups (typically by comparing the average or aggregate resource use of one group to another…

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To date, many environmental policy discussions consider inequalities between groups (typically by comparing the average or aggregate resource use of one group to another group), but most ignore disproportionalities within groups. Disproportionality, as discussed in a small but growing body of work, refers to resource use that is highly unequal among members of the same group, and is characterized by a positively skewed distribution, where a small number of resource users create far more environmental harm than “typical” group members. Focusing on aggregated or average impacts effectively treats all members of a group as interchangeable, missing the few “outliers” that actually tend to be responsible for a large fraction of overall resource use. This chapter offers reasons why we should or should not expect disproportional production of environmental impacts (from both mathematical and sociological perspectives), looks at empirical evidence of disproportionality, and offers a framework for detecting disproportionality and assessing just how much difference the outliers make. I find that in cases where the within-group distribution of resource use is highly disproportionate (characterized by extreme outliers), targeting reduction efforts at the disproportionate polluters can offer opportunities to decrease environmental degradation substantially, at a relatively low cost.

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Equity and the Environment
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-1152(07)15007-9
ISBN: 978-0-7623-1417-1

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Publication date: 25 September 2009

Pursuing inclusion in India: a story of specification errors

M.H. Suryanarayana

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate India's five year plan strategies for including the deprived in the development process since Independence.

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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate India's five year plan strategies for including the deprived in the development process since Independence.

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This is a policy review paper based on past studies.

Findings

The paper argues that effective policy formulation for inclusion and its evaluation is conditioned by the available institutional capacity to generate and effectively utilize a sound information base. Using empirical illustrations based on past studies, this paper shows that India's pursuit of inclusion has been hampered because of the limited appreciation of design as well as limitations in available information. This has led to a mechanical pursuit of sophistication in policy formulation, which has rendered both the implementation and an honest evaluation of the policy process difficult.

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This paper has relevance for inclusive policy reforms and will open up a debate, as well as future research, on the issues raised.

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Indian Growth and Development Review, vol. 2 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/17538250910992577
ISSN: 1753-8254

Keywords

  • Poverty
  • Social inclusion
  • Government policy
  • National economy
  • India

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Publication date: 30 September 2013

Nostalgia and technology innovation driving retro music consumption

Phillip A. Cartwright, Ekaterina Besson and Laurent Maubisson

Understanding a prima facie attraction of retro pop-rock by a broad spectrum of people and the role of technology innovation in driving the importance of this genre. A key…

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Understanding a prima facie attraction of retro pop-rock by a broad spectrum of people and the role of technology innovation in driving the importance of this genre. A key idea of this paper is that ongoing popularity of retro pop-rock music is associated with a confluence of demand-side and supply-side factors. The demand side is thought to be characterized by a combination of psychological factors contributing to individuals’ desires to enjoy, reflect on, or even “live in” the past. On the supply-side, technology has roles in the production, distribution and consumption of music.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach of this paper is to provide an extensive search and synthesis of relevant literature and to present and analyze findings from online surveys.

Findings

The literature supports the idea that attraction to retro music is heavily influenced by psychological factors as well as technology innovation. The survey provides supporting evidence. Of particular interest are findings related to correlations between nostalgia and technology.

Originality/value

This study is, to the authors’ knowledge, one of the first to provide a survey-based link between the attraction to retro music to nostalgia and technology.

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European Journal of Innovation Management, vol. 16 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-06-2012-0062
ISSN: 1460-1060

Keywords

  • Retro
  • Innovation
  • Technology
  • Nostalgia
  • Music
  • Consumption

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