An Examination of Preferences for Local Public Sector Outputs
利用澳大利亚维多利亚州地方政府公共服务成本数据，估计需求方程系统并用超越对数模型检验偏好设定，发现数据不支持约束效用最大化。
Relatively unique data on the costs of public services for local governments in Victoria, Australia, are used to estimate a system of demand equations and to test alternative specifications of the underlying preferences using a translog model. Symmetry conditions are rejected so the data are not consistent with constrained utility maximization. A nonparametric test confirms that result. Conditional on symmetry, tests reject homogeneity and the additivity of preferences and also the separability of personal and property services. Copyright 1988 by MIT Press.