The structure of US food demand

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 336-349

  LaFrance, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Food demand; Functional form; Parameter stability; Rank; Specification errors

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CURVE FITTING; FOOD SUPPLY; SPECIFICATIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATION; FOOD DEMAND; FUNCTIONAL FORM; PARAMETER STABILITY; RANK;

ERRORS;

EID: 55949113621     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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