Unconditional elasticities in two-stage demand systems: An approximate solution

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 222-229

  Carpentier, Alain ^a   Guyomard, Hervé ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

True cost of living indices; Two stage budgeting; Unconditional elasticities; Weak separability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003208444     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00149     Document Type: Article

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