<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Human being is one of the most important sources of causative forces of events that assemble economical processes. Working out the effective tools that enable measurement of the impact of people on socio-economic processes is necessary in analyzing, troubleshooting and forecasting. In the article the issues of calculating propensities by means of properly specified econometrics models were presented. The definition of propensity was introduced. Questions connected with topic of propensities were presented in context of concepts promoted by Szczecin school of econometrics (pentagon of sources of causative forces, types of relationships in economics, geometric interpretation of personality, broom of events). Econometric models, useful in analyzing propensities, were classified on primary models, econometrics models of average propensities and econometrics models of marginal propensities. Connections between the models were described. Settlement of analytical shapes of characterized models was mentioned. In an empirical example the presented methods were used to analyze average and marginal propensity to consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco in the households of employees in manual labour positions in Poland in years 1993-2005.</p></abstract>

Human being is one of the most important sources of causative forces of events that assemble economical processes. Working out the effective tools that enable measurement of the impact of people on socio-economic processes is necessary in analyzing, troubleshooting and forecasting. In the article the issues of calculating propensities by means of properly specified econometrics models were presented. The definition of propensity was introduced. Questions connected with topic of propensities were presented in context of concepts promoted by Szczecin school of econometrics (pentagon of sources of causative forces, types of relationships in economics, geometric interpretation of personality, broom of events). Econometric models, useful in analyzing propensities, were classified on primary models, econometrics models of average propensities and econometrics models of marginal propensities. Connections between the models were described. Settlement of analytical shapes of characterized models was mentioned. In an empirical example the presented methods were used to analyze average and marginal propensity to consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco in the households of employees in manual labour positions in Poland in years 1993-2005.

Econometric Models of Propensities

Department of Econometrics and Statistics Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71 - 101 Szczecin

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Human being is one of the most important sources of causative forces of events that assemble economical processes. Working out the effective tools that enable...

Econometric Models of Propensities

Published Online: Mar 12, 2008

Page range: 15 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10031-007-0008-1

Keywords
econometric models, propensities, marginal propensity, average propensity, propensity to consumption

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Econometric Models of Propensities

Published Online: Mar 12, 2008

Page range: 15 - 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10031-007-0008-1

Keywordseconometric models, propensities, marginal propensity, average propensity, propensity to consumption

This content is open access.

Keywords
econometric models, propensities, marginal propensity, average propensity, propensity to consumption