An assessment of the current structure of food demand in urban China

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Gould, Brian W ^a   Villarreal, Hector J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

China; Food demand system; Fractional logit; QUAIDS

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; SURVEY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33644761947     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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