According to the data in China Statistical Yearbook from 1992 to 2008, by using regression model, we adopt least square method and generalized least square method to conduct empirical analysis on me relationship between urban-rural residents' income and consumption in China's east, northeast, central region and west. The results show that the urban-rural residents' propensity to consume in China's four regions has prominent characteristics. In terms of region, urban residents' marginal propensity to consume takes on irregular fluctuation, while the rural residents' propensity to consume conforms to law of diminishing of marginal propensity to consume; in terms of time sequence, the rural residents' marginal propensity to consume in China's four regions... |