Specification and estimation of regular inverse demand systems: A distance function approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 823-834

  Gary Wong, K K ^a   Mclaren, Keith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distance functions; Inverse demands; Numerical inversion estimation; Separability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 29144532176     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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