Calorie intake and income elasticities in EU countries: A convergence analysis using cointegration

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-187

  Angulo, Ana M ^a   Gil, José M ^b   Gracia, Azucena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Economía Agraria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calorie intake; Cointegration; Convergence; European food demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 19544364500     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013596     Document Type: Article

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