Belgium relief fund, post war food shortages and the “True” cost of living

A key criteria in measuring the true cost of living is the absence of non-price rationing. To examine how non-price rationing distorts conventional measures of the cost of living, we examine the case of Belgium following WWI. The economic fallout from WWI to Belgium was so severe that the Commission...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Explorations in economic history 2015-10, Vol.58, p.93-106
Hauptverfasser:	Fleissig, Adrian R., Whitney, Gerald A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Belgium Constrained consumption Cost of living Food shortages Belgium Food supply Generalized axiom of revealed preference Humanitarian aid Rationing Shortages
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