Taste changes in the demand for food by demographic groups in the United States: A nonparametric empirical analysis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 280-289

  Cortez, Rafael ^a   Senauer, Ben ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL PACÍFICO   (Peru)

^b Department of Applied Economics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Food consumption; Nonparametric analysis; Preferences; Taste changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000699452     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243702     Document Type: Article

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