Revisiting aggregate U.S. meat demand with a bayesian averaging of classical estimates approach: Do we need a more general theory?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-116

  Bryant, Henry L ^a   Davis, George C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand systems; Meat demand; Model averaging; Model uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPENDITURE; PRICE DETERMINATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949119534     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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