A microeconometric analysis of consumer taste determination and taste change for beef

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 573-582

  Gao, X M ^a   Wailes, Eric J ^b   Cramer, Gail L ^b  

^a AT and T Security Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef demand; Consumer taste; Household consumption; Latent variable

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013366010     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244154     Document Type: Article

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