consumption
51consumption function — ▪ economics in economics, the relationship between consumer spending and the various factors determining it. At the household or family level, these factors may include income, wealth, expectations about the level and riskiness of future… …
52consumption, sociology of — An as yet ill defined and extremely diverse field of sociology that developed rapidly during the 1980s. Its substantive focus is the material culture (especially the mass culture) of advanced capitalist societies. The essays collected together in …
53Consumption (sociology) — Sociology …
54Consumption Function — The consumption function is a mathematical formula laid out by famed economist John Maynard Keynes. The formula was designed to show the relationship between real disposable income and consumer spending, the latter variable being what Keynes… …
55Consumption-based capital asset pricing model — The consumption based capital asset pricing model (CCAPM) is used in finance and economics as an expansion of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). The CCAPM factors in consumption as a means of understanding and calculating an expected return… …
56consumption tax — a tax, as a sales tax, levied on consumer goods or services at the time of sale. [1900 05] * * * Levy such as an excise tax, a sales tax, or a tariff paid directly or indirectly by the consumer. Consumption taxes fall more heavily on lower income …
57Consumption Capital Asset Pricing Model - CCAPM — A financial model that extends the concepts of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to include the amount that an individual or firm wishes to consume in the future. The CCAPM uses consumption measures, in terms of a consumption beta, in its… …
58consumption tax — See: value added tax * * * consumption tax consumption tax ➔ tax1 * * * consumption tax UK US noun [C or U] ► TAX a tax that is added to the price of goods and services bought by the general public: »Under a consumption tax, those who spend more… …
59Consumption beta — In finance, consumption beta refers to a concept in an asset pricing model where the reward to risk ratio of an asset is dependent not on its sensitivity (or beta coefficient) to overall market risk, as it is in the classical Capital Asset… …
60Consumption Tax — A tax on the purchase of a good or service. Consumption taxes can take the form of sales taxes, tariffs, excise and other taxes on consumed goods and services. The term can also refer to a taxing system as a whole where people are taxed based on… …
