Definition: Collective consumption

Category: Consumer Price Index

Goods and services that are consumed simultaneously by a group of consumers or by the community as a whole; for example, defence services provided by the State. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/guides/cpi/index.htm
Source:
International Labour Organization (ILO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), United Nations (UNECE), The World Bank, Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice, Geneva, August 2004
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