1: Introduction -- 1.1 The System-Wide Approach to Consumption Economics -- 1.2 Two Examples -- 1.3 More on the Linear Expenditure System -- 1.4 Recent Innovations in the System-Wide Approach -- 1.5 International Consumption Comparisons -- 1.6 Some International Consumption Data -- 1.7 Indexes of International Consumption Data -- 1.8 Some Results from the LPW Study -- 1.9 The Rotterdam Model -- 1.10 Working's Model -- 1.11 Working's Model and Differential Demand Equations -- 1.12 Further Evidence on Working's Model -- 1.13 A Demand System for the World -- 1.14 The Comparability of International Data -- 1.15 Policy Implications -- Appendix to Chapter 1 -- References -- 2: Empirical Regularities in OECD Consumption -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The OECD Database -- 2.3 Budget Shares and Price and Quantity Log-changes -- 2.4 Divisia Moments -- 2.5 Relative Prices and Consumption -- 2.6 Double-Log Demand Equations -- 2.7 A Bird's Eye View of the Elasticities -- 2.8 Is there a Relationship Between the Price and Income Elasticities? -- 2.9 The Relationship Between the Autonomous Trends and Income and Price Elasticities -- 2.10 A Nonparametric Picture of Prices and Quantities -- 2.11 More on the Nonparametric Picture -- Appendices to Chapter 2 -- References -- 3: Do OECD Consumers Obey Demand Theory? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Demand Model -- 3.3 Demand Homogeneity -- 3.4 Slutsky Symmetry -- 3.5 Theil's Monte Carlo Test -- 3.6 Specifying the Covariance Matrix -- 3.7 The Performance of Alternative Specifications of ? -- 3.8 Monte Carlo Testing of Homogeneity for the OECD -- 3.9 Monte Carlo Testing of Symmetry for the OECD -- 3.10 Monte Carlo Testing of Preference Independence for the OECD -- 3.11 The Implied Demand Elasticities -- 3.12 More on the Elasticities -- 3.13 Concluding Comments -- Appendices to Chapter 3 -- References -- 4: How Similar Are OECD Consumers? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Model I: A Demand System for Each of the 15 Countries -- 4.3 Model II: Common Demand Parameters -- 4.4 Model III: A Formally Pooled Demand System -- 4.5 Model IV: Theil's Cross-Country Demand System -- 4.6 Comparison of the Models -- 4.7 More on the Comparison -- 4.8 Do the Demand Parameters Depend on Income and Prices? -- 4.9 Concluding Comments -- Appendices to Chapter 4 -- References -- 5:The Reliability of ML Estimators of Systems of Demand Equations -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Estimates -- 5.3 The Simulation Procedure -- 5.4 The Simulation Results for Seven Countries with the Usual Covariance Matrix -- 5.5 The Simulation Results for Eighteen Countries with the Alternative Covariance Matrix -- 5.6 The Simulation Results for the Pooled Model -- 5.7 Concluding Comments -- Appendices to Chapter 5 -- References -- 6: Further Evidence on the Frisch Conjecture -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Estimating the Income Flexibility -- 6.3 322 Estimates of the Income Flexibility -- 6.4 A Constant Income Flexibility for Each Country -- 6.5 Testing Frisch's Conjecture -- 6.6 Comparison with Other Studies -- 6.7 Concluding Comments -- Appendices to Chapter 6 -- References.