The monthly food stamp cycle: Shopping frequency and food intake decisions in an endogenous switching regression framework

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 200-213

  Wilde, Parke E ^a   Ranney, Christine K ^b  

^a US Department of Agriculture (USDA)   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Food stamps; Shopping frequency; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034035941     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00016     Document Type: Article

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