Heterogeneous preferences in household food consumption in Italy

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-323

  Moro, Daniele ^a   Sckokai, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demographic effects; Food demand elasticities; Heterogeneous preferences; Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846311032     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/27.3.305     Document Type: Article

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