Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Consumption"
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Making Development Marketable: The Politics of Image and Representation within Consumer Driven Schemes of Development Fundraising
(2011-09-06)This project examines a new and growing form of international development fundraising, which constructs and packages development as a product of consumption in order to achieve its goals of awareness and fundraising. These ... -
Rising Wealth, Rising Debt: The Effect of Liquidity Constraints on Consumption Smoothing
(2011-08-03)Using permanent income life-cycle theory, I analyze the effects of liquidity constraints on the household’s ability to smooth life time consumption due to a change in housing and stock market wealth. Using data from the ...