Information theoretic measures of the income distribution in food demand

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 235-257

  LaFrance, J T ^a   Beatty, T K M ^a   Pope, R D ^b   Agnew, G K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional form; Incomplete demand systems; Information theory; Maximum entropy; Rank of demand models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ENTROPY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION THEORY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INCOMPLETE DEMAND SYSTEMS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0013033119     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(01)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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