A food demand system based on demand for characteristics: if there is curvature in the Slutsky matrix, what do the curves look like and why?"

A food demand system is proposed, based on demand for energy, variety, and tastes of foods. By specifying utility as an explicit function of these characteristics, the entire matrix of demand elasticities can be derived for n foods and one nonfood from prior specification of just four elasticities,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bouis, Howarth E.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1995
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157047

Similar Items: A food demand system based on demand for characteristics: if there is curvature in the Slutsky matrix, what do the curves look like and why?"