Demand elasticities for fresh fruit at the retail level

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1345-1354

  Durham, Catherine ^a   Eales, James ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; DIET; FRUIT; RETAILING; VEGETABLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952363114     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701721356     Document Type: Article

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