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Restaurant Meals - Convenience Goods or Luxuries?
William R. Frisbee,Karen Madeira +1 more
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The authors examined whether the restaurant food expenditure patterns of two-earner Canadian households are consistent with a hypothesis that restaurant meals are convenience rather than luxury items and found a positive relationship between the proportion of total food expenditures allocated to discretionary restaurant meals and the wage rates (value of time) of both the household head and spouse and a negative relationship between proportionate restaurant food expenditures and unearned income.Abstract:
This study examines whether the restaurant food expenditure patterns of two-earner Canadian households are consistent with a hypothesis that restaurant meals are convenience rather than luxury items. Results of the study indicate a positive relationship between the proportion of total food expenditures allocated to discretionary restaurant meals and the wage rates (value of time) of both the household head und spouse and a negative relationship between proportionate restaurant food expenditures and unearned income. Both results support the hypothesis. The study also examines relationships between proportionate restaurant food expenditures and a set of household characteristics variables.read more
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It's Showtime: On the Workplace Geographies of Display in a Restaurant in Southeast England:
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Consumer loyalty in the restaurant industry ‐ a preliminary exploration of the issues
Mona A. Clark,Roy C. Wood +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at the outcome of a questionnaire designed to explore factors relevant to engendering consumer loyalty in restaurant choice and find that the quality and range or type of food are key determinants in consumer loyalty, but that the concept of quality of food offers a range of interpretations and thus requires more careful investigation.
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Consumer loyalty in the restaurant industry: A preliminary exploration of the issues
Mona A. Clark,Roy C. Wood +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at the outcome of a questionnaire designed to explore factors relevant to engendering consumer loyalty in restaurant choice and find that the quality and range or type of food are key determinants in consumer loyalty, but that the concept of quality of food offers a range of interpretations and thus requires more careful investigation.
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Time, Tastes and Technology: The Economic Evolution of Eating out
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Consumers' Restaurant Choice Behavior and the Impact of Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors
Eun-Jung Kim,Loren V. Geistfeld +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated economic and socio-demographic factors influencing food facility choice for an evening meal and found that the demand for evening meals at full-service restaurants is likely to increase due to the aging of "baby boomers", increasing household income, and decreasing household size.
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Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts
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Elements of Econometrics.
Ian Domowitz,Jan Kmenta +1 more
TL;DR: The Elements of Econometrics as mentioned in this paper is a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and master's degree courses and may usefully serve as a supplement for traditional Ph.D. courses in economics.
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Elements of econometrics
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