Estimating food demand in Paraguay from household survey data

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-257

  Alfonzo, Leonardo ^a   Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa ^b  

^a EEUU 780   (Paraguay)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food demand; Household survey data; Paraguay; Rural urban

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; SURVEYING;

PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645990628     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0864.2006.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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