Estimation of household demand systems with theoretically compatible Engel curves and unit value specifications

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-241

  Crawford, Ian ^a   Laisney, François ^b,c   Preston, Ian ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer demand; Unit values

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONSUMER DEMAND; PRICE ELASTICITIES;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0347985222     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(03)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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